December 29, 2010
Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of Clinical Data, Inc.’s (NasdaqGM: CLDA) diagnostic business with a sales price of $15.5 million. In addition, the company has closed on $6.0 million of financing from Third Security, LLC, a leading life sciences investment firm, to fund the cash portion of Transgenomic’s [...]
New Polishing Cloth Helps Keep Optical Faces of Cuvettes Pristine from Starna Scientific
December 29, 2010
World leading supplier of optical components, spectrophotometer cells and Certified Reference Materials for spectrophotometry, Starna Scientific, has introduced the Starna Optical Polishing Cloth (OPC) to assist laboratory technicians in maintaining the quality of the optical faces of a cuvette, without fear of scratching or damaging the surface. To enable precision spectrophotometry applications to produce highly [...]
inXitu’s Cost Effective XRD Now Available for Nanoengineered Materials
December 29, 2010
inXitu now offers a tailored product for particle size determination and phase confirmation/identification Campbell, CA - Nanotechnology and Nanoengineered Materials are being developed rapidly for a large number of applications in all kind of sectors and products, e.g. cosmetics, auto tires, building and construction materials, and pharmaceuticals. Their specific properties related to the small sizes, [...]
Contur Software awarded prestigious contract from Mount Sinai School of Medicine
December 28, 2010
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Contur Software joins PRIME, a Research Program funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), as informatics partner. The goal of PRIME is to develop a platform for improved modeling of immune processes. PRIME (Program for Research on Immune Modeling [...]
BIT Analytical Instruments Acquires C2 Diagnostics
December 28, 2010
BIT Analytical Instruments, GmbH, a German company, has acquired 100% shares of C2 Diagnostics of Montpellier, France, a leader in contract development, design, manufacture and support of custom instrumentation for the diagnostic OEM industry – with a specialty in hematology. Schwalbach, Germany - BIT Analytical Instruments (https://www.BIT-instruments.com) has announced that, as of December 16, 2010, [...]
RUSNANO Funds Project for Detectors of Explosives and Narcotics
December 28, 2010
RUSNANO has executed its first investment in a project that will mass produce detectors of explosives and narcotics. Labeled neutrons are employed in the technology of the detectors. The first tranche released for owners’ equity of Neutron Technologies, the company founded to realize the project, was 50 million rubles. Neutron Technologies will produce various types [...]
Exiqon Introduces GLP Compliant Services for Clinical miRNA Biomarker Screening
December 27, 2010
Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading provider of technologies for biomarker detection, today announced the introduction of GLP compliant services for miRNA biomarker screening and diagnostic assay development for clinical trials. Exiqon is already working with a number of global pharmaceutical companies in the search for biomarkers to support their clinical programs on future [...]
Siloam Biosciences Announces the Hiring of a New Vice President of Commercial Operations
December 27, 2010
CINCINNATI, OH - Siloam Biosciences, Inc., a lab on a chip diagnostic & life sciences company, is pleased to announce the hiring of G. Randall Durnell, PhD, MBA, as the company’s new Vice President of Commercial Operations. "We are very pleased that Randy has agreed to join our organization. He brings with him an in-depth [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Lomb Scientific
December 27, 2010
WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Lomb Scientific, a well-known provider of laboratory chemicals, consumables and instruments in Australia and New Zealand. Lomb Scientific has approximately 100 employees at its offices and warehouses in both countries, particularly in Sydney, [...]
Cepheid Announces European Release of Xpert Flu
December 27, 2010
Delivering Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Flu A, Flu B, and 2009 H1N1 Strain European Resurgence of 2009 H1N1 Highlights Need for Accurate, Rapid Flu Diagnosis SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced the release of Xpert(R) Flu as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical [...]

