Corning to Acquire Plaslab S.A.S.
August 13, 2010
Acquisition to add sampling, testing, and analysis consumables to its life sciences product portfolio CORNING, N.Y. - Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the shareholders of Plaslab S.A.S. to acquire all outstanding shares of the company. Assuming certain closing conditions are met, the acquisition is expected to be completed [...]
OriGene Technologies Acquires Blue Heron Biotechnology
August 12, 2010
Rockville, MD - OriGene Technologies, Inc., a gene-centric life sciences company, announces the acquisition of Blue Heron Biotechnology, a pioneer in the gene synthesis business since 1999. Blue Heron is one of the oldest and most successful gene synthesis companies in the world, providing customers solutions for complex DNA synthesis. It supplies synthetic DNA to [...]
Dorton Analytical New Legato 270 Syringe Pump
August 12, 2010
Syringe pump delivers full stroke for large syringes Available from Dorton Analytical - the new Legato 270 Syringe Pump has an optimised user configurable syringe mechanism designed to uniquely deliver a full volume in infuse and withdraw modes whether using small or large syringes. This reconfigurable mechanism allows the user to change the syringe clamping [...]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Purchases Hosted Provantis Solution
August 12, 2010
Provantis Reproductive Toxicology Software Module to be used by National Toxicology Program and Member Organizations CONSHOHOCKEN, PA - Instem®, a leading provider of early drug development software solutions, announced today that the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has purchased the Provantis® preclinical software solution to support the collection, management and maintenance of the [...]
Dorton Analytical – the new Legato 270 Syringe Pump
August 12, 2010
Available from Dorton Analytical - the new Legato 270 Syringe Pump has an optimised user configurable syringe mechanism designed to uniquely deliver a full volume in infuse and withdraw modes whether using small or large syringes. This reconfigurable mechanism allows the user to change the syringe clamping mechanism to hold from 0.5 ul up to [...]
Biosearch Technologies Expands Licensing of QIAGEN Scorpions® Patents
August 12, 2010
NOVATO, CA - Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch), a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry, today announced that it has entered into a new license relationship with QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QIA, Frankfurt Prime Standard) providing broad commercialisation rights to Scorpions Primers. Scorpions primer assays are leading molecular diagnostic reagents for [...]
OSI Systems Air Cargo Screening Solution Added to U.S. TSA Qualified Technology List
August 12, 2010
Eagle(R) A1000 Addresses Air Cargo Industry Demand for High Throughput Large Pallet Screening of Medium to High Density Cargo HAWTHORNE, Calif. - OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that the Eagle(R) A1000 large pallet cargo screening system from its [...]
GE Awarded $6.3 Million DARPA Grant to Develop New Bio-inspired Sensors
August 12, 2010
Replicating nanostructures from the wings of Morpho butterflies, GE’s sensors would enable highly selective, near-instantaneous detection of chemical threats - GE’s sensing platform could create other industrial and healthcare applications, including emissions monitoring at power plants, water purification and food safety testing and breath analysis for disease detection NISKAYUNA, New York – Scientists at GE [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Incurred Sample Reanalysis Information Kit
August 11, 2010
Reliable Quality Assessment of Bioanalytical Methods SAN JOSE, Calif. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the introduction of a new incurred sample reanalysis (ISR) information packet. This vendor-neutral ISR guide is designed to educate pharmaceutical scientists on using the technique to effectively assess the quality of bioanalytical methods. [...]
University and Sigma-Aldrich Announce Licensing Agreement
August 11, 2010
Expand the Range of Powerful Building Blocks for Small Molecule Synthesis Urbana, IL – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Sigma-Aldrich® have entered into a licensing agreement which enables Sigma-Aldrich to expand the range of a powerful class of boronic acid surrogates offered to the global chemistry community. Boronic acids are building blocks for Suzuki-Miyaura [...]
