Honeywell and Danaher Bid for Gas Sensing Firm First Technoloy

Morris Township, NJ and Washington, D.C. – Honeywell is set to acquire First Technologies after raising its bid for the company to 385 pence for ordinary share in a deal valued at $718 million, fully diluted for the exercise of all outstanding options and including the assumption of $199 million of outstanding debt. The bid [...]

New Affymetrix Tiling Arrays Deliver Unbiased View of Entire Genomes; Recent Experiments Using GeneChip(R) Microarrays Challenge Concept of ”Junk” DNA

SANTA CLARA, Calif., -- Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) announced today the launch of the GeneChip(R) Human Tiling 1.0R Array Set and Mouse 1.1R Array Set, the only commercially available microarrays for whole-genome transcript mapping. These new arrays look far beyond the known protein-coding genes to deliver the most detailed and unbiased view of the entire human [...]

PerkinElmer Unveils JANUS Automated Workstation Platform at LabAutomation 2006

BOSTON, Jan 23, 2006 -- Introduces New Liquid Handling Solutions to Provide Real-Time and Future Adaptability in Throughput, Capacity and Dynamic Volume Range PerkinElmer Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced extensive new capabilities for its comprehensive JANUS(TM) Automated Workstation platform at LabAutomation 2006, in Palm Springs, California, booth [...]

Agilent Technologies introduces liquid chromatography system

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the Agilent 1200 Series LC (liquid chromatography) system, replacing its market-leading 1100 Series LC. Used by more than 250,000 customers worldwide in applications from forensics to food safety, pharmaceuticals and protein research, LC is a measurement technology used to separate, identify, quantify and purify compounds. It represents a [...]

Aseptic Technologies and Sartorius Sign Distribution Agreement

Goettingen / Les Isnes– Aseptic Technologies S.A. based in Les Isnes, Belgium, and Sartorius AG based in Goettingen, Germany, announce the formal launch of a business partnership and exclusive global distribution agreement for a novel aseptic liquid transfer system developed by Aseptic Technologies. The system comprising an optimized transfer port and disposable presterilized connection device [...]

Varian, Inc. Introduces Two Revolutionary New OMIX SPE Formats for Bioanalytical Sample Preparation

PALO ALTO, Calif., -- Varian, Inc. (Nasdaq: VARI) today introduced two new OMIX(R) micro extraction solid phase extraction (SPE) formats for bioanalytical research that deliver improved performance and a faster, more streamlined sample preparation process. The first enables vacuum-free SPE processing of biofluid samples directly in the tip of a popular liquid-handling device. The second [...]

HP and Hitachi to Collarborate on security and privacy research

PALO ALTO, Calif., and TOKYO, Japan, --- HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) and Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT/TSE:6501) today announced that researchers from HP Labs Bristol, UK., and Princeton, N.J., and the Hitachi Systems Development Laboratory, will conduct joint work on key security and privacy issues. The HP and Hitachi research collaboration will focus on two primary themes: [...]

Thermo Launches the World’s Smallest ICP

CAMBRIDGE, UK - Thermo Electron Corporation announces the launch of its new iCAP 6000 Series, featuring the most compact ICP emission spectrometers available on the market, the iCAP 6300 and the iCAP 6500. Thermo's expertise within the ICP market has resulted in advanced, high efficiency optical design for these new instruments. The iCAP provides excellent [...]

PerkinElmer Teams with Luminex to Develop Solutions for High Volume Disease Screening

PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a leading provider of drug discovery, life science research, and analytical solutions, and Luminex(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX), a leading multiplex solution developer, announced today a long-term licensing agreement to provide PerkinElmer access to Luminex's xMAP(R) technology and assay development capabilities of the Luminex Bioscience Group. Under the terms of the agreement, [...]

BD Announces Agreement to Acquire GeneOhm Sciences, Inc.

Franklin Lakes, NJ-BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire GeneOhm Sciences, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in San Diego, California that has pioneered the development of molecular diagnostic testing for the rapid detection of bacterial organisms, including those known to cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). GeneOhm [...]

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