MDS Announces CEO Transition Plan
September 17, 2009
Steve West Appointed Chief Operating Officer and Future CEO TORONTO - MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS - News; NYSE: MDZ - News), a leading provider of products and services to the global life sciences markets, today announced that Steve West, President of MDS Nordion, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MDS Inc. Stephen P. [...]
September 17, 2009
Denator AB announced today that the company has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the company’s heat inactivation technology, Stabilizor T1, covering all of UK and Ireland with a leading distributor of scientific and laboratory equipment, Scientific & Medical Products Ltd. The company’s proprietary Stabilizor system stabilizes tissue from the crucial moment of sampling, permanently [...]
GE Healthcare Introduces Biacore™ X100 2.0 and Biacore X100 Plus Package 2.0
September 17, 2009
Label-free molecular interaction analysis system for the research environment with greater flexibility and sensitivity, and added functionality GE Healthcare announces the launch of Biacore™ X100 2.0 and Biacore X100 Plus Package 2.0, adding new and enhanced functionalities to the versatile, automated real-time molecular interaction analysis system. Single-cycle kinetics is now the preferred method for kinetic [...]
PROdesign GmbH Launches PROcellcare®
September 17, 2009
Heiligkreuzsteinach / Heidelberg, Germany - PROdesign GmbH launches the innovative cell feeding station PROcellcare® based on a 96 well plate. The System has initially been developed by the licensing partner EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory). PROcellcare® stands for a system, which supplies live cells (in vitro) under the microscope with biological nutrient and working solutions [...]
New testing option extends scope of food safety screening
September 16, 2009
FOSS has extended the availability of software functionality that helps to spot adulterated raw milk. The software allows MilkoScan™ analysers based on Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) technology to be programmed to give a warning of possible abnormalities in raw milk samples. MilkoScan instruments are already used around the world to check raw milk for payment [...]
Cyntellect Launches Stem Cell Manager™ Powered by LEAP™
September 16, 2009
New Application Offers Significant Improvements Over Manual and Enzymatic Methods for Managing Key Stem Cell Research Processes - World Stem Cell Congress SAN DIEGO--Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company commercializing products to advance life science and stem cell research, biopharmaceutical production, and drug discovery, announced today the commercial availability of Stem Cell Manager™ powered [...]
BioCision Inks Distribution Deal with Therapak for Clinical Market
September 16, 2009
Agreement Expands BioCision’s Reach Into U.S., European Clinical Settings MILL VALLEY, Calif.--BioCision LLC, the CoolRack™ company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Therapak Corporation for the distribution of BioCision’s products into the clinical market. The deal marks BioCision’s first distribution agreement for the clinical market and expands its access to clinical [...]
Lab ArmorTM Introduces NEW Bath ArmorTM Beads
September 16, 2009
Don't Grow Mold in Your Water Bath! Lab ArmorTM has introduced their NEW Bath ArmorTM Beads. The eco-friendly and low-maintenance metallic beads that replace water in water baths, aluminum blocks in dry baths and even ice in ice buckets. Bath Armor Beads are ideal for laboratory use because they eliminate the need for water and [...]
Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Pricing of Common Stock and Warrant Private Placement
September 16, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery, and diagnostic markets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain new and existing investors, including Atlas Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Versant Ventures (the “Existing Investors”) and Ron [...]
New HORIBA Facility in Paris (France)
September 16, 2009
In September, HORIBA will enter into the purchase agreement of the land for construction of a new research facility on the Campus of Ecole Polytechnique as part of the PARIS Saclay cluster. The new facility will welcome the headquarter of the recently created holding for all HORIBA activities in Europe, HORIBA Europe Holding SAS, consolidating [...]

