October 30, 2008
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of security inspection systems, announced today that it has been awarded an approximate $6 million contract by the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for its Rapiscan RTT (Real Time Tomography) high-speed stationary gantry Computed Tomography (CT) baggage screening system. The Rapiscan RTT is a baggage screening system [...]
October 30, 2008
Xenomics, Inc. (XNOM.PK), a developer of non-invasive next-generation molecular diagnostics, announced today that it has licensed to Sequenom, Inc., a genetics and molecular diagnostics company (NASDAQ: SQNM), exclusive rights to Xenomics patents for the development of prenatal research and diagnostic products based on the Company's proprietary Transrenal DNA/RNA (Tr-DNA/RNA) technology. The agreement provides for an [...]
October 30, 2008
The xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analyzer (RTCA) System from Roche Applied Science utilizes impedance read-out to noninvasively quantify cellular status in real-time. Several cell-based applications have been developed for the xCELLigence System so far. Among them are cellular quality control, cell proliferation or cytotoxicity. In a recent study (1) the xCELLigence System was used to evaluate [...]
Vermillion Renews Strategic Alliance Agreement With Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
October 29, 2008
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 29 -- Vermillion, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VRML) announced today that it has agreed with Quest Diagnostics to extend the Strategic Alliance Agreement between the parties through October, 2009. This extension will enable the companies to continue work on the development and commercialization of two tests, OVA1(TM) and VASCLIR(TM). The OVA1 test [...]
Mettler Toledo Presents the XP56 Microbalance
October 29, 2008
October 29, 2008 -- With unparalleled technical features, the XP56 microbalance tackles a typical problem of development and quality-control labs: With its minimum sample size and simple sample transfer procedure directly to a large tare container, the XP56 considerably reduces the use of expensive control substances. Control substances are particularly valuable materials. Their uses include [...]
October 29, 2008
- Sale Reinforces Strategic Focus and Enhances Cash Position - HOPKINTON, Mass., Oct. 29 -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Pharmaceutical Development & Quality Analysis (PDQ) product [...]
Waters Corporation Gives Boost to Clinical Research Programs at University of Sherbrooke Hospital
October 29, 2008
The Fondation du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) is proud to announce that Waters Corporation has donated a Waters® Synapt(TM) MS System, the latest generation of mass spectrometers. This gift -- worth a total C$1.1 million -- is the result of a partnership between Waters and CHUS which is critical to the creation of [...]
October 29, 2008
Tripos’ Widely Installed Discovery Research Software, SYBYL, is Now Available to an Even Broader Spectrum of Molecular Modeling Scientists Globally ST. LOUIS--Tripos International, leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced the release of its popular SYBYL software for Mac OS X Leopard. SYBYL, a suite of computational chemistry and molecular modeling [...]
Q Chip Introduces ReaXT PCR Assays For Effortless Detection of Hospital Acquired Infections
October 29, 2008
ReaX™ PCR Assays For Effortless Detection of Hospital Acquired Infections Picture available on request from nickim@alto-marketing.com Cardiff, UK, 29 October 2008 – Q Chip Ltd, a leading developer of microencapsulation solutions, has expanded its ReaX™ range of enhanced PCR products by the introduction of ReaX beads for the detection of bacterial and viral hospital acquired [...]
Spartan Bioscience Announces New Agreement With NorDiag ASA
October 29, 2008
Spartan Bioscience Inc, a Canadian molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets DNA analyzers for on-demand applications, and NorDiag ASA, a Norwegian biotechnology company that develops, manufacturers and markets automated nucleic acid sample preparation instruments and magnetic bead based reagents for assays that require the purification of nucleic acid from difficult clinical samples such [...]
