CellAura signs major supply deal with leading international drug discovery group
October 21, 2009
Latest success for Nottingham biopharma cluster Nottingham, UK – CellAura, the leading producer of fluorescence reagents for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced a development partnership with Cisbio Bioassays. Under the terms of the agreement, CellAura will provide pharmacologically validated reagents to Cisbio Bioassays that will be applied to Cisbio Bioassays’ Tag-lite™ range [...]
October 21, 2009
Residency Training Program Incorporates Personal Genomics into Physician Education BOSTON & FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Navigenics, Inc., a leading personal genomics company, today announced a collaboration to make personalized genomics available to doctors in training. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has launched the Personalized Genomics and Next Generation [...]
Centice Corporation Closes on $6.1 Million Series C Financing
October 21, 2009
Funds to Support Commercialization of Innovative PASS Rx® System - Centice Corporation, a pioneer in drug verification and safety products, announced today the successful completion of a $6.1 million Series C financing from its existing investors along with a new investor, Fulcrum Financial Group, LP. Morrisville, NC (PRWEB) -- Centice Corporation, a pioneer in drug [...]
Exact Sciences Licenses Hologic’s Invader Detection Chemistry
October 20, 2009
MADISON, Wis. -- Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) today announced that it has obtained a worldwide license from Hologic Inc. for that company’s Invader, Invader plus and real-time Invader detection chemistries for the field of colorectal cancer screening. Financial terms of the license agreement were not disclosed. The Invader chemistry, which is being commercialized by [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Announces SAGE(TM) Priority Partners Program
October 20, 2009
Seeks Researchers to Evaluate New Knockout Rat Models ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced the launch of the SAGE(TM) Priority Partners Program, through which the Company plans to build a network of researchers to evaluate the 'knockout' rat models it is developing to support pre-clinical research work across a number of [...]
October 20, 2009
A Breakthrough Workflow Automation System for Next Generation Sequencing - System Enables Four Hour Clonal Amplification With Less Than Ten Minutes of Hands-on Time HONOLULU -- At the 59th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced the launch and immediate availability of cBot, a new standard for ease-of-use and [...]
AS&E® Received a $19.3 Million Order From U.S. Customs and Border Protection
October 20, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Places $19.3 Million Follow-on Order for AS&E’s Z Backscatter Vans - ZBVs to Support Counter-drug and Anti-terrorism Programs BILLERICA, Mass. -- American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of a $19.3 million order from U.S. Customs [...]
MKS Announces Microvision 2, e-Vision 2 series of RGAs
October 20, 2009
Highly flexible, web-enabled RGAs with improved stability, accuracy and speed Andover, MA -- MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has introduced Microvision 2 and e-Vision 2, web-enabled residual gas analyzers (RGA) for greater stability and reliability in e-diagnostic, process monitoring and general vacuum trouble-shooting [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Demonstrates New Niton XL2 Series XRF Alloy Analyzer at Fabtech 2009
October 20, 2009
Niton XL2 Series Analyzers Deliver Positive Material Identification with Point and Shoot Simplicity BILLERICA, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will demonstrate the newest member of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton handheld XRF analyzers, the Niton® XL2 Series, at Fabtech 2009, McCormick Place, Chicago, Booth #4041 from November [...]
Roche and High Throughput Genomics Partner for Advanced Gene Expression Analysis Solution
October 20, 2009
MADISON, Wis -- Roche NimbleGen (SWX:RO)(SWX:ROG)(Pink Sheets:RHHBY) and High Throughput Genomics, Inc. (HTG), provider of the quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay (qNPA), have entered into a supply agreement. Under the agreement, Roche NimbleGen will provide HTG with high density, multiplex DNA microarray slides for advanced gene expression analysis. HTG will apply the company’s quantitative nuclease protection [...]