Millipore and Roka Bioscience to Collaborate

Millipore and Roka Bioscience to Develop Real-Time Molecular Tests for Biopharmaceutical Applications Creation of Roka Bioscience will accelerate development of new assays and portable instruments BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced that it will collaborate with Roka Bioscience, Inc. to develop [...]

Gen-Probe to Consolidate Industrial Assets Into New, Independent Company

Roka Bioscience to Develop Rapid, Accurate Molecular Tests for Biopharmaceutical Production Processes, Water and Food Testing, and Other Fields - Transaction Enables Gen-Probe to Focus on Human Diagnostic Opportunities SAN DIEGO -- Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO) announced today that it is spinning off its industrial testing assets into a new, independent company focused on developing [...]

Agilent Technologies’ New Semi-Volatile Organic Compound Analyzer

TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies’ New Semi-Volatile Organic Compound Analyzer Designed for Easy Startup, Higher Throughput of Environmental Samples SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today introduced the Semi-Volatile Organic Compound (SVoC) Analyzer, a complete, preconfigured tool for detecting and measuring SVoC in water and soil samples. “Several new technologies are dramatically improving throughput for analyzing [...]

CombiMatrix Receives New $1.5 Million U.S. Air Force Contract

MUKILTEO, Wash. -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX - News) announced today that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for $1,476,000 to develop automated instrumentation that uses semiconductor microarray technologies for detecting chemical, biological and environmental hazards that can impact the health of deployed military personnel. "This funding will allow us [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Features Innovative Food Safety Solutions at AOAC 2009

PHILADELPHIA--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it is featuring its industry-leading range of instrumentation, equipment, consumables and software used for food safety testing at the AOAC International annual meeting and exposition in Philadelphia from Sept. 11-17. Thermo Fisher is showcasing testing solutions for four key applications: [...]

NIH Continues Second year of a Five-year Contract with BIOBASE

Beverly, MA and Bethesda, MD - BIOBASE, a leading provider of biological databases and software for the life sciences industry, announced today the renewal of the second year of a 5-year licensing agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This 5-year contract provides all 27 NIH institutions with locally installed access to the BIOBASE [...]

Caliper Life Sciences Launches IVIS(R) In Vivo Imaging System with X-Ray

IVIS Lumina XR Combines Fluorescence, Bioluminescence and X-ray in One Imaging Solution HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced the IVIS Lumina XR in vivo imaging system, the latest addition to the IVIS product family. [...]

X-Rite Announces Out-Of-The-Box ISO 12647-2 and G7 Support for 500 Series Handheld Spectrodensitometers

Models 528 and 530 now pre-loaded with ISO 12647-2 / G7 data sets and digital PANTONE® libraries GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT), the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, today announced significant new enhancements to its 500 Series line of handheld spectrodensitometers. As of September 15th 2009, every 528 and 530 [...]

Implant Sciences Announces Credit Facility

WILMINGTON, Mass.--Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCBB:IMSC), a supplier of systems and sensors for the homeland security market and related industries, today announced that on September 4, 2009, the Company and DMRJ Group LLC entered into a credit facility, pursuant to which DMRJ provided the Company with a revolving line of credit, in the maximum principal amount [...]

Wyatt Technology Continues Expansion in Europe

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA - Wyatt Technology Corporation, a world leader in instrumentation and software development for macromolecular characterization, opens a new Scandinavian office - Wyatt Technology Scandinavia (WTS). As part of its European expansion, Wyatt Technology Corporation has formed Wyatt Technology Scandinavia (WTS), to be headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden. Wyatt Technology now has full time [...]

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