Labcyte® Acoustic Platform Essential to Identification of Novel Cancer Drug Candidates
December 14, 2010
AstraZeneca Issued US Patent 7,718,653 Sunnyvale, CA - When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential [...]
Chemical Detection by the US Navy
December 14, 2010
Bruker Announces Award of the First Production Contract Under the JPEO-CBD IPDS-LR Program For BILLERICA, Mass. - Bruker Detection Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a contract for ten (10) production systems for the Improved Point Detection System - Lifecycle Replacement (IPDS-LR) program through the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological [...]
Life Technologies Launches Ion PGM Sequencer
December 14, 2010
Company Initiates $7 Million Life Grand Challenges Crowdsourcing Contest CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has launched its Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM(TM)) sequencer, the first product to use semiconductor sequencing technology. The sequencer is shipping to select sites in North America, Europe [...]
Horizon to Support 50 Centers of Excellence in Human Cellular Gene-Editing
December 14, 2010
Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines,has announced that it will commit resources to provide training and open access to its rAAV GENESIS human gene-editing platform for another 50 academic and not-for-profit research groups over the next five years, extending the GENESIS Gene Editing Consortium. This [...]
December 14, 2010
Intellectual Property Rights Cover Ultrasensitive Detection of Protein Biomarkers to Discover Relationships to Disease States ALAMEDA, Calif. - Singulex, Inc., the leader in high-definition immunodiagnostic technology, announced today that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has issued two patents related to the Company’s Erenna® Technology, for the quantitative measurement of single molecules in complex biological [...]
December 14, 2010
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and EdgeBio today announced that EdgeBio has been appointed Certified Service Provider (CSP) for the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing. SureSelect, introduced in February 2009, has been shown to greatly increase the speed and cost-efficiency of next-generation sequencing workflows by [...]
Linde North America and TestAmerica Team Set Guinness World Record
December 14, 2010
Linde North America, Inc., by working in collaboration with TestAmerica, is now recognized as a Guinness World Record holder. The category: Development of a calibration standard that produces the greatest number of separate chemical components in a single gas mixture. The pioneering 110-component calibration gas mixture standard was designed and engineered for TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc. [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Elects New Director
December 14, 2010
WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that Nelson J. Chai has been elected to its board of directors, bringing the company's total number of directors to 11. Mr. Chai has also been appointed to the board's Audit Committee. Mr. Chai is the executive vice [...]
H2scan Launches their Most Robust Hydrogen Analyzer to Date
December 14, 2010
New explosion-proof, UL-certified HY-OPTIMA™ 2700 offers the industry’s most affordable, long-term process analyzer solution for hazardous locations "VALENCIA, CA - H2scan Corporation, provider of the most accurate, tolerant and affordable hydrogen leak detection and process gas monitoring solutions for industrial markets, today announced the launch of their new explosion-proof HY-OPTIMA™ 2700 In-Line Process Hydrogen Monitor, [...]
Ryan & Maniskas, LLP Announces Investigation of Dionex Corporation
December 13, 2010
Ryan & Maniskas, LLP (www.rmclasslaw.com/cases/dnex) is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Dionex Corporation ("Dionex" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DNEX) concerning possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law related to the Company’s efforts to sell Dionex to Thermo Fisher Scientific in a transaction valued at approximately $2.1 billion. Our [...]

