Shareholders approve sale of the Richmond, Virginia assets as required under the GL Biochem Asset Purchase Agreement RICHMOND, Va.--Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. (“CBI”) (NASDAQ Capital Market: CBTE) has recently announced a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Shanghai-based GL Biochem and associated businesses (the “GL Group”), the largest global supplier of research-grade peptide products and peptide [...]

Agreement Brings Integrated Fluidic Circuit Technology to Turkish Scientists Specializing in Digital and Real-Time PCR, Genotyping, Single-Cell Gene Expression, Cancer Detection and Absolute Quantification SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & ADANA, Turkey- - Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Nano Gen Teknolojileri Ltd. as its exclusive distributor for the BioMark™ and [...]

Sales Leader to Bring Years of Experience to Key Role within Commercial Operations CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has named Jay Therrien to the position of Vice President, Global Sales for Next Generation Sequencing. In this role, Therrien will be responsible for all [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR - News) today announced that it has acquired the North American operations of StockerYale, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: STKR - News) in an asset purchase for $15 million dollars in cash. The Company acquired all the assets and certain operating liabilities of the laser module product line [...]

Boehringer Ingelheim relies on up to data reporting solutions in the area of Bioanalytics - The pharmaceuticals company Boehringer Ingelheim will use iStudyReporter from up to data professional services to depict their Bioanalytics reporting processes in the future BIBERACH, Germany -- Boehringer Ingelheim is a group of companies dedicated to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing [...]

GAO Releases New Report on Food Import Challenges WASHINGTON -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today convened the 2nd Annual Global Food Safety Policy Forum with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in Washington, DC, bringing together policymakers and private experts from around the globe to discuss solutions that improve food supply in [...]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO - News) ("PBI") and Protein Forest, Inc. ("Protein Forest"), (together "the companies"), today announced that they have entered into a strategic co-marketing/selling and research & development agreement. The companies intend to co-market their respective product lines, including in industry publications, at scientific meetings, on each company's website, [...]

The Axiom™ Genotyping Solution Expands Content, Throughput, and Customizable Arrays on a Single Platform SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced the launch of the Axiom Genotyping Solution, its next-generation array technology designed to match the significant rise in genetic content generated by government and privately funded sequencing projects. This high-throughput, automated platform enables researchers [...]

Appointment of Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that it has appointed Mr. Nicolaas ('Nico') Arnold to the position of Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations, effective October 14, 2009. The addition of this role expands Cepheid's marketing and sales leadership, and is expected to [...]

A fully flexible microfluidic experimentation platform Royston, UK – Dolomite, a world leader in microfluidic design and manufacture, has introduced the Mitos Resealable Chip Holder. The Resealable Chip Holder has been designed to allow researchers complete flexibility in their cell culture and analysis, dielectrophoresis, impedance detection and biosensor detection. With eight fluidic and eight electrical [...]