Scott Garrett Resigns as Chairman, President and CEO of Beckman Coulter
September 7, 2010
Board To Commence Search for Successor - Appoints J. Robert Hurley Interim President and CEO - Lead Independent Director Glenn S. Schafer Appointed Non-executive Chairman of the Board ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of products that simplify, automate, and innovate complex biomedical testing, today announced [...]
Implant Sciences Announces Over $550,000 in New Orders
September 7, 2010
Marks Continued Success in Growing Chinese and Spanish Safety and Security Markets WILMINGTON, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for the homeland security and defense markets, today announced new orders totaling over $550,000 for its Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150 Portable Explosive Trace Detector. These systems will be used in [...]
Complete Genomics to Sequence 100 Genomes for National Cancer Institute Pediatric Cancer Study
September 7, 2010
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Complete Genomics Inc., a life sciences company focused on human genome sequencing, today announced a collaboration to identify and validate somatic mutations from 50 pediatric cancer cases from multiple research centers across the United States. SAIC-Frederick, on behalf of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will be using Complete Genomics’ sequencing, bioinformatics [...]
GE Healthcare Introduces ÄKTA™ avant 150 Liquid Chromatography System for Accelerated Scale-up
September 6, 2010
Uppsala, Sweden - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announces the launch of ÄKTA™ avant 150, the second system in the new generation of ÄKTA liquid chromatography systems. ÄKTA avant 150 complements the ÄKTA avant 25 system to fully exploit the advantages of modern BioProcess media, enabling smooth development of scalable [...]
September 6, 2010
3i, funds managed by 3i, and other shareholders have signed an agreement to sell Panreac, a leading Spanish manufacturer and supplier of quality chemicals for laboratory research and production, to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“ITW”), a company specialising in the worldwide production and design of high-tech gears and components, equipment and consumer systems, based in [...]
Avacta Group plc appointed Isogen Life Science as Distributor in Mainland Europe for the Optim 1000
September 6, 2010
Avacta Group plc ("Avacta" or the "Company"), which provides innovative, high value proprietary technologies and services to the pharmaceutical and diagnostics markets, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Isogen Life Science as distributor in Mainland Europe for the Optim 1000, its ground-breaking, ultra-low volume protein analysis system. The Optim 1000 has been developed [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Sales and Support Office for Microanalysis Business in the UK
September 6, 2010
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, UK. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the establishment of a sales and support office for microanalysis products sold in the United Kingdom, effective immediately. The office will be located at the UK commercial headquarters in Hemel Hempstead, and will focus on providing local customers with [...]
See (and read about) Beta-RAM 5 radio detector at ISSX Meeting
September 3, 2010
LabLogic Systems is exhibiting and presenting at the 9th International Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) in Istanbul, Turkey (4th – 8th September 2010). On exhibition stand 61 at the 9th ISSX Meeting (4th – 8th September 2010)., delegates will be able to see LabLogic's new Model 5 version of [...]
Tecan is First Choice for Quality and Reliability
September 3, 2010
Männedorf, Switzerland - The Regional Molecular Genetics Service (RMGS) at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, is using a Freedom EVO® liquid handling workstation in combination with chemagen’s proven nucleic isolation technology to perform fully automated DNA extraction. Supplied by chemagen’s UK distributor, Auto Q Biosciences, this integrated system is housed within a Class 1 biological safety [...]
FLIR Begins Tender Offer to Acquire ICx Technologies, Inc.
September 3, 2010
Portland, OR - FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today will commence a cash tender offer through its wholly owned subsidiary Indicator Merger Sub, Inc., to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of ICx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICXT). On August 16, 2010, the companies previously announced a definitive agreement whereby FLIR agreed to acquire ICx [...]

