Cobalt Light Systems Introduces TRS100 Rapid Assay System at Pittcon 2009
March 12, 2009
Cobalt Light Systems, the developer of analytical instruments and technologies previously known as LiteThru Ltd., introduces its TRS100 Rapid Assay System at the prestigious Pittcon 2009 Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy in Chicago March 8th – 13th. The TRS100 is able to assay hundreds of capsules and tablets in minutes and is therefore [...]
March 11, 2009
Investing in Groundbreaking Mass Spectrometry Technology Allows Contract Research Organization to Offer Pharmaceutical Clients Comprehensive Pre-Clinical Study Data MILFORD, Mass., March 11 -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT - News) announced today that XenoTech (Lenexa, KS) has begun offering new metabolite profiling services made possible in part by its recent acquisition of a Waters® Synapt(TM) High [...]
March 11, 2009
Physician Access to Critical Test Results Improved by More Than Twenty-Four Hours Over Conventional Methods SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 11 -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) today announced that Health Canada has issued a medical device license for its Xpert® MRSA/SA Blood Culture (BC) test for the rapid detection of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Staphylococcus [...]
Gentel and Eprogen Announce Partnership to Commercialize Whole Proteome Arrays
March 11, 2009
Gentel® Biosciences, a protein microarray life sciences company, announces a technology partnership with Eprogen® to create products for the discovery of new autoantibody biomarkers using whole proteome microarrays. Whole proteome microarrays are fabricated from individual cell lines or tissue samples such as tumor biopsies using ProteoSep®, a proprietary protein fractionation technique co-developed by Eprogen and [...]
March 11, 2009
Regenerative Medicine Team Put in Place to Serve Future Requirements of Stem Cell Researchers ST. LOUIS, March 11 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced the launch of an online web portal that provides researchers with immediate access to its extensive portfolio of industry-leading products developed specifically for advanced stem cell research. The new portal features [...]
NuGEN Taps Erwin Estigarribia to Lead Manufacturing and Quality Operations
March 11, 2009
NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid sample preparation announced today that it has hired Erwin V. Estigarribia to serve as the company’s vice president of operations reporting to Elizabeth Hutt, chief executive officer. Estigarribia will lead manufacturing and quality initiatives, and direct the company in achieving cGMP compliance by the end of 2009. [...]
March 11, 2009
NATICK, Mass. - (11 Mar 2009) The MathWorks today announced the availability of SimBiology 3.0, a tool for modeling, simulating and analyzing biological systems in one integrated, graphical environment. SimBiology 3.0 provides a more intuitive and flexible environment for population pharmacokinetic (PK) modeling and analysis. SimBiology 3.0 includes a new PK model wizard that offers [...]
New Gas Clean Filter Technology From Varian, Inc. Reduces Contamination in GC, ICP and GC/MS
March 11, 2009
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 11 -- Varian, Inc. (Nasdaq: VARI - News) announces today three significant advances to its Gas Clean Filter System, for delivering clean gases for GC (gas chromatography) and GC/MS (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry), LC/MS (liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy) and ICP (inductively coupled plasma) operations. New to the Gas Clean family is a carbon [...]
Honeywell Technology Selected to Control Manufacturing Processes at Major U.S. Biotech Site
March 11, 2009
Solutions Will Help Drive Production Efficiency and Reliability for New Shire Human Genetic Therapies Facility PHOENIX, March 12 -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON)today announced it will help a leading specialty biopharmaceutical organization expand its research and development capabilities for creating life-saving medications. Shire Human Genetic Therapies (HGT), a business unit of Shire plc, will use several [...]
PerkinElmer Introduces LABWORKSTM LIMS 6.1 with Zero Footprint Web Client
March 11, 2009
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the release of LABWORKSTM LIMS version 6.1. Building upon the powerful LABWORKS 6.0 platform, LABWORKS 6.1 delivers a laboratory information management system (LIMS) with a zero footprint Web client. This new solution can be effectively deployed with [...]

