inXitu, Inc. Introduces Forensic Analyzer
August 4, 2010
inXitu now offers a field portable XRD analyzer for rapid detection of explosive materials, accelerants and fusing materials. Campbell, CA - Following the introduction of its flagship field portable X-ray diffractometer, Terra, in 2009, inXitu has continued the development of this revolutionary technology for various applications. Recently, the company introduced a variation of its combined [...]
Efficient Manufacturing Processes for the Food and Pharma Industries
August 4, 2010
Sartorius and TEWS Elektronik sign an exclusive sales and marketing agreement Systems for moisture and density determination based on microwave resonance technology Goettingen | Hamburg, Germany, – Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and process technology provider, has signed an agreement on exclusive sales as well as on marketing and servicing of microwave resonance analyzers for [...]
Pacific Biosciences Expands into European Union
August 3, 2010
Terry Pizzie Appointed Vice President, Europe; UK-based Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Becomes Early Access Customer Menlo Park, Calif. – Pacific Biosciences, a private company developing a disruptive technology platform for real-time detection of biological events at single molecule resolution, today announced it has expanded its operations into the European Union with the appointment of Terry [...]
Malvern Instruments Extends Direct Operations in Japan
August 3, 2010
Malvern Instruments is extending its direct operations in Japan and has concluded an agreement with Sysmex Corporation, the current distributor of its laboratory-based particle characterization systems, to transfer responsibility for sales and support to Malvern Instruments Japan. Malvern Instruments Japan, which is based in Kobe, was established in February 2003 to manage Malvern’s process business [...]
BD Receives CLIA “Moderate Complexity” Status for the BD MAX™ GBS Assay
August 3, 2010
Baltimore, MD - BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), announced today that it has received “Moderate Complexity” status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), for the BD MAXTM GBS Assay for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) on the BD MAX™ System. With [...]
PerkinElmer to Acquire VisEn Medical, Inc.
August 3, 2010
WALTHAM, Massachusetts - PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has acquired VisEn Medical, Inc., an in vivo molecular imaging technology company based in Bedford, Massachusetts. The acquisition enables PerkinElmer to enhance its cellular imaging business, by expanding the Company's [...]
4-Antibody Replace Paper Lab Notebooks with Amphora’s Flexible PatentSafe ELN
August 3, 2010
Bracknell, UK - New research tools and methods bring benefits to researchers around the world, but also create ever increasing volumes of data that gets ever more difficult and time consuming to accommodate within the traditional paper lab notebook. 4-Antibody were looking to replace their paper based system but had some definite ideas about how [...]
Applied Biosystems Deutschland GmbH Holds 95% of GENEART Shares
August 3, 2010
Regensburg – The majority shareholder of GENEART AG, Regensburg, Applied Biosystems Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt ("ABD"), directly holds more than 95% of all shares in GENEART AG as noticed by ABD. ABD informed the management board of GENEART AG about this fact by letter dated August/3/2010. By virtue of this letter ABD also requested that the [...]
ibidi Introduces LifeAct for Actin Cytoskeleton Visualization
August 3, 2010
Munich, Germany - ibidi GmbH, a supplier of solutions for Bio-Microscopy, releases LifeAct, a novel probe for visualization of Actin cytoskeleton organization and dynamics. In the past, Actin markers visualized Actin but also disturbed the acitivity of the protein. In contrast, the new Actin marker LifeAct from ibidi binds to the structure protein without constraining [...]
DNA Electronics and Ion Torrent Sign License Agreement
August 3, 2010
License offers Ion Torrent access to DNA Electronics’ intellectual property LONDON - DNA Electronics Ltd., an innovator of semiconductor solutions for healthcare, announced today that it has signed a non-exclusive, worldwide license agreement to provide Ion Torrent, the semiconductor sequencing company, access to DNA Electronics’ intellectual property. No further details about the agreement were disclosed. [...]
