Implen GmbH is very pleased to announce that it has achieved ISO 9001:2008
January 12, 2011
Munich, Germany -- IMPLEN has been awarded this designation by TÜV SÜD for meeting the guidelines set out by the International Organization for Standardization. With a clear focus on customer satisfaction IMPLEN is committed to provide its products and services on-time with exceptional quality, reliability and performance. This ISO certification supports IMPLEN´s corporate objectives, while [...]
Professor Dennis Lo Trisomy 21 Clinical Validation Study Published in British Medical Journal
January 12, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Sequenom (Nasdaq: SQNM) is very pleased to note the publication in the British Medical Journal (BMJ 2011;342:c7401) of a groundbreaking international study led by our longstanding collaborator, Professor Dennis Lo of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Building on early work from the Lo laboratory, the present paper is the first report [...]
January 12, 2011
Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Fisher Scientific, Inc., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, to distribute the GeneAtlas(TM) System and its related consumables through the Fisher Scientific channel throughout the United States and Canada. The GeneAtlas System is the first personal microarray solution to meet the demand among [...]
Centice Corporation Launches Computational Raman Technology Platform
January 12, 2011
MORRISVILLE, NC - Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman Spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, announced today the availability of an integration and solutions platform for the application of Computational Raman Spectroscopy to satisfy technology needs in process manufacturing, healthcare, public safety and materials science. Intended to help engineers and technical [...]
Caliper and Seegene Partner to Provide Innovative Multiplex Molecular Diagnostics Products
January 12, 2011
HOPKINTON, Mass. and SEOUL, Korea -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP) and Seegene, Inc. (KOSDAQ: A096530) today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to enable Seegene's SeePlex™ multiplex diagnostic assays to run on Caliper's innovative LabChip® Dx platform. The SeePlex assays will be marketed and distributed outside of the United States [...]
Tecan Group and Attana AB sign distribution agreement in North America
January 12, 2011
Männedorf, Switzerland, and Stockholm, Sweden - The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) and Attana AB today announced that they have signed an exclusive distributor agreement under which Tecan will distribute Attana's biosensor instruments and assay technology in North America. The agreement covers the Attana 100, 200 and Cell 200 instruments along with biosensors and [...]
Exiqon Releases Second Generation Human and Mouse microRNA Inhibitor Libraries
January 12, 2011
Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of the 2nd generation of miRCURY LNA™ microRNA Inhibitor libraries for genome-wide screening of microRNA function in human and mouse. Several libraries have already been shipped to the first customers. The new human microRNA inhibitor library targets [...]
FDA Awards SDIX Method Equivalency for Salmonella Enteritidis Detection in Poultry Houses and Eggs
January 12, 2011
NEWARK, Del.--SDIX™ (NASDAQ: SDIX), a leading supplier of rapid detection solutions to the $1 billion food pathogen testing market, today announced that its RapidChek® SELECT™ Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) test system has been reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and determined to be equivalent in accuracy, precision and sensitivity to their current standard [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Responds to Dioxin Food Safety Crisis in Germany
January 12, 2011
DREIEICH, Germany. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Global Food Safety Response Center in Dreieich is now monitoring the dioxin crisis in Germany where animal feed additives may have been tainted with industrial fats containing the toxic chemical. Meanwhile, Thermo Fisher is also alerting manufacturers and [...]
Sub 60-Second Identification of MRSA and Other Hospital Acquired Infections Demonstrated
January 11, 2011
Andor iStar camera validates potential for new generation of rapid, automated biosensor detection systems Belfast, UK: At a time of rising levels of MRSA and other hospital acquired infections, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) has been demonstrated to be a rapid and reliable technique for detection of life-threatening bacterial pathogen species that can be found [...]
