CambridgeSoft Announces Investment by Health Evolution Partners and Goldman Sachs
November 16, 2009
New Investment Allows Expanded Services to Life Sciences Market CAMBRIDGE, MA -- CambridgeSoft Corporation announced today that it has completed a private equity investment by Health Evolution Partners and a follow-on investment by Goldman Sachs. CambridgeSoft is a leading supplier of discovery, collaboration, and knowledge management research IT enterprise solutions, desktop software, scientific databases and [...]
Bruker Appoints Bernd Gewiese and Werner Maas as Co-Presidents of its Bruker BioSpin Division
November 16, 2009
BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that it has appointed Dr. Bernd Gewiese and Dr. Werner Maas as Co-Presidents of its Bruker BioSpin division, with an effective date of February 1st, 2010. Presently, both are serving as Executive Vice Presidents of Bruker BioSpin. Frank Laukien, Bruker’s President and CEO, commented: “As Bruker approaches its [...]
FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to Roche´s Assay for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus
November 16, 2009
PENZBERG, Germany--Roche`s (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) RealTime ready Influenza A/H1N1 Detection Set for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Roche kit detects RNA from the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus and allows rapid and accurate identification of patients infected with [...]
GeneGo Launches New Search Product – Eureka! Available on Your iPhone
November 16, 2009
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today the release of a stand alone search product, Eureka! It provides a simple one-button one-window access to GeneGo's manually curated databases. Users can query the database with gene, protein, compound, drug names, diseases, and processes, pathological or toxic categories in a [...]
BioTek Instruments Named Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year
November 16, 2009
WINOOSKI VT, USA — The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce named BioTek Instruments, Inc., as Business of the Year at their 99th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 11, 2009. The One Community, One Commitment, One Vision event drew more than 650 people from Lake Champlain area businesses. According to a Chamber of Commerce [...]
Lab901 and Biofortuna to Collaborate on Automated PCR Dx for HLA and Coeliac Disease
November 16, 2009
Edinburgh -- Lab901 (Edinburgh, UK) and Biofortuna (Liverpool, UK) today announced that they will collaborate on the launch of an automated PCR Dx system for the rapid detection of certain HLA-related diseases such as coeliac disease. Lab901 will be optimising its automated ScreenTape® PCR diagnostics platform for use with Biofortuna’s range of multiplex PCR diagnostics [...]
Gatan’s New VP of Sales and Service
November 16, 2009
Gatan is pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Sanguedolce as Vice President of Sales and Service. Mr. Sanguedolce brings to Gatan 23 years of industry experience in Sales, Marketing and Product Management, with major companies such as Veeco and Hitachi. His primary responsibility will be to enhance the entire customer experience through sales, service, [...]
November 16, 2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it has purchased the MassCode Tag technology from Eurofins MWG Operon, a division of Eurofins. The purchase includes the MassCode trademarks and intellectual property, including four families of patents. Agilent will use MassCode Tag technology to develop new research products for pathogen identification, leveraging its strength in [...]
SciTOX Announces First Deliveries for Their ALPHA Toxicity Analyzer
November 16, 2009
Christchurch, New Zealand -- SciTOX announces that they have shipped their first commercial orders for their ALPHA toxicity analyzer, publicly released on 19 April 2009. The first four units have been shipped to countries in Europe and Asia as a result of a series of introductory seminars given May through July in those regions, according [...]
Steady State Imaging Signs Reseller’s Agreement With Varian, Inc.
November 16, 2009
SWIFT Software Expands Capabilities for Research MRI PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI - News) announced today that Steady State Imaging (SSI) has signed a reseller's agreement with Varian, Inc. regarding SSI's new SWIFT Software for Varian's research MRI Systems. SWIFT is a novel MRI technology that advances existing MR techniques with the [...]
