GE and Qatar Foundation to Form Partnership for Healthcare Technology Development
March 16, 2009
Proposed ventures to focus on healthcare IT in Middle East and Africa and imaging-related R&D projects FAIRFIELD, Conn. & DOHA, Qatar--General Electric Company (NYSE:GE - News), and Qatar Foundation today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a partnership covering a range of healthcare business and research initiatives. Building on GE’s strong existing partnership [...]
March 16, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences (Nasdaq:HLCS) announced today that Patrice Milos, PhD, the company’s Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, will be a featured speaker at the CHI Next Generation Sequencing, Platforms and Progress conference in San Diego, CA on Tuesday, March 17. Dr. Milos will present an update of the company’s progress and provide insight into [...]
Automated Sequence Capture for Next-Generation Sequencing Paves the Way for Personalized Medicine
March 16, 2009
HybSelect(TM) first to provide high coverage and megabase capacity for the next generation sequencing community LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 16 -- febit today announced the official launch of its new sequence capture technology HybSelect. In several biomedical studies of early access customers over the past months, HybSelect demonstrated superb enrichment factors and deep [...]
Fluidigm’s New Digital Array Delivers Peak Levels of Throughput for Digital PCR
March 16, 2009
Today Fluidigm introduced its new 48.770 Digital Array, the highest density commercially available integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) ever. This IFC is capable of testing up to 48 individual samples at a time and automatically partitioning each of the samples into separate sets of 770 reaction chambers – delivering a total of 36,960 simultaneous digital PCR [...]
New Global Study on Medication Errors Supports the ValiMed(TM) International Expansion Initiatives
March 16, 2009
An International Study of 27 Countries Concluded That Errors in the Administration of Injected Medications Are a Serious Safety Problem -- ValiMed(TM) by CDEX Is Addressing This Problem in a Growing Number of Hospitals Worldwide TUCSON, AZ--Mar 16, 2009 -- CDEX Inc. (OTC BB:CEXI.OB - News). A March 12, 2009 report published in the British [...]
March 16, 2009
febit today announced the official launch of its new sequence capture technology Hybselect. In several biomedical studies of early access customers over the past months, HybSelect demonstrated superb enrichment factors and deep sequencing coverage for a broad range of human genes and genomic regions. As the first sequence capture technology combining outstanding enrichment and walk-away [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Sigal Ltda and Expands Operations in Chile
March 13, 2009
ST. LOUIS, March 13 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced that it has expanded its presence in the Republic of Chile to directly serve research and manufacturing customers throughout the country. The Company has acquired Sigal Ltda, its primary distributor in Chile, and established Sigma-Aldrich Quimica Ltda to provide a foundation for future growth in [...]
March 13, 2009
St. Joseph, Michigan-LECO has introduced ChromaTOF 4.20, the latest version of its exclusive software, at Pittcon 2009. This dynamic software package integrates acquisition, processing, and reporting tools into one total data solution. Working versions of the software will be demonstrated at the show, where users can obtain hands-on experience with these new features: o Enhanced [...]
AnaSpec Signs Distribution Agreement with BioPike, LLC
March 13, 2009
San Jose, CA, March 13, 2009 --(PR.com)-- AnaSpec, Inc. and BioPike, LLC today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow BioPike, LLC to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout China. AnaSpec’s Director of Sales & Marketing, Violeta Rajkovska, noted, “AnaSpec is pleased to partner with BioPike, LLC to expand the availability of our [...]
Millipore Corporation and CXR Biosciences Introduce Toxicity Reporter Assay Panel
March 13, 2009
Billerica, MA and Dundee, UK, March 13, 2009 -- Millipore Corporation (Billerica, MA) and CXR Biosciences® (Dundee, UK) today launched ToxReporter™, a new panel of engineered cell lines and assays that can screen compounds for toxicity early in the drug discovery process. Toxicity is one of the primary reasons why potential drug candidates fail during [...]
