Tripos International Completes Acquisition of Pharsight Corporation
November 3, 2008
Tripos International, the leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Pharsight Corporation, a leader in software, strategic and regulatory services designed to optimize clinical drug development. The transaction, valued at approximately $57 million, moves Pharsight into the Tripos portfolio. In making the announcement, Tripos' [...]
November 3, 2008
Source MDx today announced a partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to examine RNA-based biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and healthy control participants unaffected by the disease. The goal of the study is to identify diagnostic markers and to determine markers of active disease (relapses) or stable disease, along with response markers [...]
See Colonies in a Whole New Light!
October 31, 2008
The new ColonyDoc-It Imaging Station from UVP is configured with multiple light sources for illuminating colonies. An integrated digital color camera captures high resolution co lony images. The easy to use process enables accurate and automated colony counting. Alex Waluszko, Vice President for Marketing and Sales at UVP states, “The automated, software-controlled design of the [...]
Sartorius Stedim Biotech Acquires Wave Biotech AG
October 31, 2008
Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH (SSB) (Paris:DIM), a group subsidiary of the biotechnology supplier Sartorius Stedim Biotech, signed an agreement to acquire the Swiss-based technology company Wave Biotech AG. Both companies have already been closely working together since 2006. In addition to their joint research projects, Sartorius Stedim Biotech has been exclusively marketing Wave's entire product [...]
October 30, 2008
SUNNYVALE, CA and WARMINSTER, PA, Oct. 30 - MDS Analytical Technologies, a leader in innovative solutions for drug discovery and life-sciences research, today announced that the Abraxis Melamine Detection Kit has been validated for use on MDS Analytical Technologies' SpectraMax® absorbance microplate readers with SoftMax® Pro 5 GxP analytical software, an industry-standard analysis software for [...]
October 30, 2008
BILTHOVEN and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 30 -- InteRNA Technologies B.V. and VU university medical center in Amsterdam, VUmc, announce today the signing of a framework research agreement to develop microRNA (miRNA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics for cancer using InteRNA's proprietary library of miRNAs. Under the research collaboration, InteRNA will apply its unique lentiviral-based miRNA overexpression [...]
October 30, 2008
GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE:GE), today announced the company has modified its contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) to update the schedule of available GE Security products. With the updated contract, GE Security's authorized GSA service providers will have the ability to sell GE Security products and provide service [...]
Modular Parallel Fixed Bed Reactor Accelerates Experimental Throughput…
October 30, 2008
The Parallel Fixed Bed Reactor from Symyx Technologies Europe SA is a high-throughput system capable of screening and optimising catalysts and processes. The Symyx Parallel Fixed Bed Reactor can be used in a variety of traditional applications within petrochemicals and refining, in addition to emerging areas such as biofuels and other biorenewable processes. "We've had [...]
Coloured Deep well plates visually differentiate stored samples…
October 30, 2008
Porvair Sciences Ltd. has introduced a new range of coloured microplates based upon their popular 1ml round deep well plates. Available in red, blue and natural white polypropylene, the new coloured 1ml round deep well plates provide a simple, yet effective way of visually differentiating stored samples by person, project, date etc. Manufactured under class [...]
October 30, 2008
Edgewood, MD, 30 October 2008 - Smiths Detection has inaugurated a $3.5 million expansion of its military facility in Edgewood, Maryland, following a number of Department of Defense (DoD) contract wins over the past two years. Production and office space will be increased from 87,000 to 130,000 square feet over the next six to eight [...]
