Coherent, Inc. Acquires Product Lines From StockerYale, Inc.
October 14, 2009
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 [...]
Clear Gains in Efficiency for Boehringer Ingelheim
October 14, 2009
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 [...]
At Waters Forum, Rep. DeLauro, Administration Urge Congress to Improve the Safety of Imported Food
October 14, 2009
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 [...]
October 14, 2009
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, [...]
Affymetrix Launches New Platform for Next-Generation Genotyping
October 14, 2009
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 [...]
Cepheid Expands Leadership Team
October 13, 2009
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 [...]
Dolomite introduce the Mitos Resealable Chip Holder
October 13, 2009
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 [...]
Smiths Detection Wins $1m US Grant to Develop Test for Sepsis-Related Pathogens
October 13, 2009
LONDON--Smiths Detection today announces the award of a $1m, two-year grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to develop a rapid test for eight micro-organisms that commonly cause burn/wound infections leading to septicemia (blood-poisoning). The test will run on Smiths Detection’s Clinical Bio-Seeq System, designed to be used at Point of [...]
Porvair Sciences Ltd. Low Cost Disposable Reagent Reservoirs
October 13, 2009
Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a new range of low cost, disposable polystyrene reagent reservoirs. Optional lids help prevent reagent contamination and spillage as well as enabling reservoirs to be simply stacked economising on use of valuable bench space. Available in a choice of different sizes (25-50ml or 50-100ml) and formats (8 or 12 channels) [...]
SAFC Pharma Installs the Industry’s First Commercial Dual Wavelength X-Ray Diffractometer
October 13, 2009
Allows Increased Throughput for Challenging Single Crystal Analyses ST. LOUIS and MADRID -- CPhI -- SAFC Pharma®, a business segment of SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (Nasdaq: SIAL - News), today announced that its Pharmorphix® Solid State Research Laboratories in Cambridge, UK, have installed a new single crystal X-ray diffraction system. The Oxford [...]

