Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems Announce European Commission Merger Clearance
November 11, 2008
Closing Date of Merger Scheduled for November 21, 2008; Deadline for Merger Consideration Elections to be Close of Business on November 19, 2008 CARLSBAD, Calif. & NORWALK, Conn.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN - News) and Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI - News) today announced that they have received clearance from the European Commission for their proposed merger. This [...]
Affymetrix to Acquire Panomics
November 11, 2008
Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Panomics Inc., a privately held Fremont, Calif.-based company that offers a powerful suite of assay products for a wide variety of low to mid-plex genetic, protein and cellular analysis applications. The acquisition will strengthen Affymetrix’ position in high-growth validation and [...]
Biopharmaceutical Research benefits from easy-to-use Organic Synthesizer…
November 11, 2008
Activotec (www.activotec.com) has announced that it has delivered, to a leading Swiss biopharmaceutical company, a PLS Organic Synthesizer for performing high throughput solution and solid phase chemistry research. The acquisition follows a series of purchases for the same item of lab equipment by the customer over the last few years. Commenting on their choice of [...]
Automated System for aCGH Testing Introduced at Annual ASHG Meeting
November 11, 2008
Automates the laboratory workflow from DNA to scanner November 11, 2008, SciGene (Sunnyvale, CA) today announced at the annual meeting of the American Society for Human Genetics meeting in Philadelphia, PA the introduction of a system that automates the workflow used for aCGH-based testing in cytogenetics laboratories. The new system reduces processing errors and improves [...]
Bibby Scientific launches the world’s smallest gradient thermal cycler
November 11, 2008
Joining the Techne range of personal thermal cyclers from Bibby Scientific – the TC-3000G gradient model enables eight different temperatures to be tested simultaneously, within a small footprint of only 17 x 33 cm. With the same expanded capacity as the TC-3000X, the TC-3000G gradient thermal cycler has two block options, which are easily interchangeable [...]
Real-Time Monitoring of Cell Adhesion and Spreading with Roche’s xCELLigence System
November 11, 2008
PENZBERG, Germany--The xCELLigence System from Roche Applied Science enables researchers to monitor and quantitatively assess cell attachment and spreading in real-time. The technique is non-invasive and does neither require lab- and cost-intensive cell labeling nor cell lysis or fixation. With this quick and economical method, the user can monitor the effect of matrix proteins on [...]
BioTrove Announces R&D Collaboration with Constellation Pharmaceuticals
November 11, 2008
BioTrove, Inc. today announced it has formed a research collaboration with Constellation Pharmaceuticals in which Constellation will utilize BioTrove’s RapidFire® Mass Spectrometry (RF-MS) system to accelerate development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of epigenetics. “We believe BioTrove’s RapidFire system, which uses biologically relevant assays earlier in the discovery process, will ultimately provide us [...]
Affymetrix Announces New Cost-effective Product for Standardizing Drug Metabolism Studies
November 11, 2008
Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced the DMET™ Plus Premier Pack, the most comprehensive method for standardizing drug metabolism studies. The DMET (Drug Metabolism Enzymes and Transporters) Plus Panel features the most biologically relevant content identified by key opinion leaders from industry and academia in a cost-effective format. The DMET Plus Panel contains markers in all [...]
VWR International, LLC and Corning Incorporated Sign Distribution Agreement
November 11, 2008
WEST CHESTER, PA, November 11, 2008 - VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply company, has signed a distribution agreement with Corning Incorporated, effective January 2009. This agreement will significantly extend VWR's product offerings as well as enhance VWR's ability to provide customers with the product choices they need to support their critical research [...]
ChemImage and FDA Collaborate to Characterize Highly Unstable Polymorph of Pharmaceutical Compound
November 11, 2008
Pittsburgh, PA (ChemImage Corporation) - ChemImage is pleased to announce publication of the results of a collaborative study with the FDA to characterize the thermodynamics of a highly unstable polymorph of acetaminophen. The Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, a peer-reviewed journal, published "Raman detected differential scanning calorimetry of polymorphic transformations in acetaminophen" (doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2008.09.008). [...]
