Beckman Coulter’s Board of Directors Recommends Stockholders Accept Danaher’s Cash Tender Offer
February 15, 2011
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) announced today that its board of directors unanimously recommends that Beckman Coulter's stockholders tender their shares to Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) at the previously announced price of $83.50 per share of Beckman Coulter's common stock. The transaction is expected to close during the first half of [...]
ForteBio Launches New Octet® RED96 System and Dip and Read™ Protein L Biosensor
February 15, 2011
MENLO PARK, Calif. - ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the launch of its Octet RED96 System, as well as its new Dip and Read™ Protein L Biosensor for use on the company’s Octet platform. The product introductions further widen the scope [...]
NanoString Rounds Out Commercial Management Team with New Vice Presidents of Sales, Marketing
February 15, 2011
SEATTLE - NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced it has rounded out its commercial management team with the hiring of Chris Grimley as Vice President of Marketing and Katherine Webster as Vice President of [...]
LGC Standards Partners with PRIMACYT to Improve Access to Hepatocytes for Drug Discovery Research
February 15, 2011
LGC Standards is delighted to announce the addition of the PRIMACYT range of in-vitro products and services to its portfolio of life science research and drug discovery products. PRIMACYT currently offers hepatocyte cells to the drug discovery research community throughout Europe and the partnership with LGC Standards will facilitate a wider distribution of these cells [...]
Takara Bio to Establish a Subsidiary for Manufacturing and Sales of Research Reagents in India
February 15, 2011
Takara Bio Inc. (Otsu, Japan) today announced that it has entered into agreement with DSS Imagetech Pvt., Ltd. (New Delhi, India) to establish a joint venture in India, which engage in sales and manufacturing of research reagents and scientific instruments. Takara bio group holds 51% stock share of the new company as its consolidated subsidiary. [...]
February 15, 2011
BOULDER, Colo. - ASD, Inc., a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation for materials measurement will unveil instruments and solutions capabilities dedicated to mining exploration and production at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Annual Convention in Denver, Feb. 27 through March 2. “ASD’s core reflectance spectroscopy technology is setting new standards for [...]
Anton Paar Launches Microwave Synthesis for the Kilo Lab
February 15, 2011
Anton Paar USA is proud to announce the release of the revolutionary new Masterwave BTRmicrowave synthesis system. Masterwave BTR is an innovative system that for the first time ever enables microwave synthesis protocols to be transferred to the scale-up or kilo lab. Fast, safe and efficient microwave heating can now produce kilogram amounts of pharmaceutical [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Cash Tender Offer for Dionex Corporation
February 15, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dionex Corporation (NASDAQ: DNEX) for $118.50 per share in cash ("the Offer") has been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York [...]
Diagnostic Advances in Cancer Research Utilizing Raman Molecular Imaging to Be Presented at USCAP
February 15, 2011
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Clinical researchers from Cornell Weil Medical School and University of Chicago Medical School will present research conducted on Raman Molecular Imaging's (RMI) ability to differentiate diagnostic dilemmas in lung and kidney tumors at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology's (USCAP) 100th Annual Meeting, Feb. 26-March 4 at the Henry B. [...]
OGT Awarded ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accreditation, Signifying Technical Expertise
February 15, 2011
Oxford, UK - Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, today announced that its Genefficiency™ and CytoSure™ array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) services have been accredited as meeting ISO/IEC 17025:2005 international standards by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The award underlines the superior level of [...]

