L-Vis 510 Inline Viscometer from Anton Paar

Revolutionary: reliable viscosity determination directly in the production line | 16-July-2010 Anton Paar launches an inline viscometer which monitors the viscosity of process liquids round-the-clock. L-Vis 510 is an inline viscometer from Anton Paar which can be immersed directly in the production liquid in the pipework or tank. It continuously displays the viscosity at the [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Microtome Improves Efficiency for Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis Research

Sectioning instrumentation selected by UK tissue bank for enhanced quality and productivity RUNCORN, Cheshire - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Parkinson's UK and MS Society Tissue Bank, which supplies the research community with high-quality Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) tissues, is using its Finesse Microtome [...]

BioTime, Inc. Provides Financial Information about Its Acquisition of ES Cell International Pte Ltd.

BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTIM) filed an amendment to its Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting BioTime's acquisition of ES Cell International Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company ('ESI'). BioTime filed the amendment in the time frame provided in the SEC's rules to include audited financial statements of [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Fermentas

WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Fermentas International Inc. With Fermentas' broad range of high-quality molecular and cellular biology research tools, including reagents, enzymes and kits, Thermo Fisher can offer a complete workflow for genomics research while building on [...]

Illumina Announces Appointment of Melina Cimler as Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs

SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the appointment of B. Melina Cimler, Ph.D., as Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, reporting to Christian Henry, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and General Manager, Life Sciences. Dr. Cimler will lead Illumina's quality and regulatory organizations to support the development, manufacture and distribution of products [...]

Eurofins MWG Operon and Genomatix Developed Most Complete Human Exome Array

Joint services offered for human exome targeted re-sequencing based on Roche NimbleGen format Eurofins MWG Operon, an expert in next generation sequencing (NGS) and Certified Service Provider for Roche NimbleGen sequence capture, together with Genomatix Software GmbH, a leading company in complex analysis and interpretation of such NGS data, announce that they have developed a [...]

NEXUS Biosystems Acquires Tecan Group’s REMP Sample Management Business

POWAY, Calif. - NEXUS Biosystems, Inc., a leading innovator and worldwide provider of automated sample management systems, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire REMP AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tecan, as well as other related assets. Under this agreement, NEXUS will acquire all activities of Tecan's REMP® Sample Management business segment from [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Intrinsic Bioprobes Announce Alliance in Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay (MSIA) Workflow Development

Turnkey MSIA solution allows researchers to rapidly differentiate and quantitate low-abundance intact proteins and their variants SAN JOSE, Calif. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Intrinsic Bioprobes (IBI) Inc., today announced an alliance to co-develop and market a mass spectrometry solution that will enable researchers to perform quantitative, high-throughput, [...]

As part of the Strategic Portfolio Alignment Tecan Sells Sample Management Business to US Firm NEXUS Biosystems

Tecan is focusing its growth strategy on its Life Sciences core business Subsidiary REMP AG and other related assets sold to a leading provider of sample management systems Selling price of CHF 12 million; additional deferred payments of between USD 4.4 million and USD 7.7 million Impairment charges of an estimated CHF 28 million in [...]

Merck KGaA Completes Millipore Acquisition and Launches New Merck Millipore Division

Transaction creates EUR 2.1 billion (US$2.9 billion) world-class partner for the Life Science sector High-level organizational structure in place and senior management team appointed: Merck Chemicals Head Bernd Reckmann to lead Merck Millipore Merck Chemicals now comprises two new divisions: Merck Millipore and Performance Materials Darmstadt, Germany – Merck KGaA, a global pharmaceutical and chemical [...]

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