May 18, 2010
SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) market clearance for the VeraCode® Genotyping Test for Factor V (Leiden) and Factor II (Prothrombin). The VeraCode Genotyping Test is comprised of the company’s VeraCode digital microbead technology and proprietary assay chemistry. The BeadXpress® System, which received a [...]
KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Selects EnBase® from BioSilta Oy
May 18, 2010
STOCKHOLM & OULU, Finland--KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm and Biotechnology start-up BioSilta Oy of Oulu Finland have been collaborating over the last year to optimise protein screening in a range of microwell plate formats. The technique utilises EnBase Flo the newly developed Enzymatic Release media technology from BioSilta. EnBase® shall be implemented in the [...]
Caliper Enhances Strategic Focus and Increases Growth Capital with Sale of Product Lines to Biotage
May 18, 2010
HOPKINTON, Mass. -- --Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that it reached an agreement to sell its RapidTrace(R) solid phase extraction and TurboVap(R) evaporation product lines to Biotage AB for $16.5 million in cash. "Divesting these product lines is [...]
METTLER TOLEDO Announced the Release of the ReactIR™ 15
May 18, 2010
The METTLER TOLEDO ReactIR™ 15 is a Fourier Transform Infrared Monitoring (FTIR) instrument that is ideally suited for general, in situ reaction analysis understanding. The ReactIR™ 15 can be used effortlessly by any chemist, whether skilled in spectroscopy or not. (PRWEB) -- METTLER TOLEDO announced the release of the ReactIR™ 15 reaction analysis and reaction [...]
Two New Applied Biosystems Forensic Kits Approved for Use by the National DNA Index System
May 18, 2010
Enables New Era of Efficiency and Effectiveness for Forensic DNA Laboratories CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced that its Applied Biosystems Identifiler® Direct and Identifiler® Plus forensic kits have been approved by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for use by laboratories generating DNA profiles for inclusion in the National DNA Index System [...]
May 18, 2010
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- -- OriGene Technologies, Inc. with the support of Wuxi Biopharmaceutical R&D Outsourcing Services Park (China), will build one of the largest and most sophisticated monoclonal antibody production centers in the world in Wuxi, China. The new, high-throughput production facility is expected to have over one thousand employees with the capacity to produce [...]
Bruker Launches autoflex™ speed MALDI-TOF(/TOF) With 1 kHz Smartbeam Laser
May 18, 2010
autoflex speed is Designed to Enhance Productivity and Performance in Protein and Small Molecule Analysis, as well as MALDI Imaging and MALDI Biotyper Applications BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker today announces the launch of the newest member in the successful FLEX™ series of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometers, the autoflex speed. The autoflex speed delivers superior performance by incorporating numerous [...]
European Patent Office Upholds Molecular Devices Planar Patch Clamp Patent
May 18, 2010
Sunnyvale, CA -- Molecular Devices today announced that European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld Molecular Devices foundational planar patch-clamp patent (EP No 1 040 349 B1). The board will issue a written decision to this effect in the near future. The ruling will be the final determination of the EPO and cannot be appealed. "Molecular [...]
Izon Science And Chemoscience Sign Major Asean Distribution Agreement
May 18, 2010
Christchurch, New Zealand and Singapore, Tuesday 18 May 2010 - New Zealand based nanotechnology company Izon Science today announced a distribution agreement with Chemoscience, a member of the Chemopharm Group of Companies, Southeast Asia's foremost supplier of laboratory consumables, scientific and analytical equipment, clinical diagnostic and process control solutions. The agreement will see Chemoscience distribute [...]
INTEGRA VIAFLO – GripTips™ – Pipette Tips That Ensure Perfect Pipette Connection
May 18, 2010
Developed by INTEGRA VIAFLO - GripTips™ are a next generation range of pipette tips that ensure the perfect connection between pipette and tip. GripTips have been engineered to provide unmatched high lateral resistance. As a result, pipette tips will never fall off while pipetting. Benefiting from unique Tri-Lobe Fittings, GripTips deliver low attachment and ejection [...]
