Thermo Fisher Scientific and Genedata Join Forces to Accelerate
July 14, 2008
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Genedata, the leading provider of in silico solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, today announced the integration of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation and Genedata Expressionist® to efficiently process and analyze large volumes of high-quality MS data, enabling researchers to process [...]
Dr. Alan Fletcher Joins PerkinElmer as Vice President of Bio-Discovery Business Development
July 14, 2008
Appointment of 20-Year Life Science and Drug Discovery Veteran Strengthens Company's Expertise in Discovery and Research Reagents WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI - News), a leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced that Alan Fletcher, Ph.D., has joined the Company as vice president, business development for PerkinElmer’s Life and Analytical Sciences business. In this [...]
Analytik Jena and Fisher Scientific conclude a marketing and sales agreement
July 11, 2008
The products of the bio solutions division of Analytik Jena AG will in future be marketed and sold in the Federal Republic of Germany through the extensive Fisher Scientific laboratory equipment channel. Analytik Jena and Fisher Scientific have entered into a marketing and sales agreement for the German Market. The broad range of reagenetic equipment [...]
July 11, 2008
CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a leading provider of essential life sciences technologies for research, production and diagnostics, announced today it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Brendan Technologies (OTCBB:BDTE) to customize its StatLIA® assay analysis software to facilitate the analysis of protein samples. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Brendan’s StatLIA® software [...]
July 10, 2008
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE : A) today announced that its newly enhanced Agilent Enterprise Edition 1.60 is now the company’s standard platform for instrument qualification in regulated laboratories, and is the only such service available with new Agilent chromatography systems. Agilent’s Enterprise Edition was introduced in 2006 as a flexible, automated, convenient and paperless way [...]
Advanced Materials Technology and Capsulution NanoScience AG Conclude Patent License Contract
July 10, 2008
US supplier of chromatographic columns licenses LBL Technology Advanced Materials Technology (AMT), a US manufacturer and developer of columns for HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography), and the Berlin-based Capsulution NanoScience AG signed in June a license contract for the use of the LBL® Technology that was originally developed for the manufacture of nano- and microcapsules [...]
GSI Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Excel Technology
July 10, 2008
GSI Group Inc., (NASDAQ:GSIG) and Excel Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:XLTC) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for GSI to acquire Excel in an all-cash transaction for $32.00 per share, or approximately $360 million, before fees and transaction costs. The offer price represents a 30.2% premium to the average Excel closing share price [...]
Rohm and Haas Reaches Accord to be Acquired by The Dow Chemical Company
July 10, 2008
PHILADELPHIA--Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) announced today it has entered into an agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), under which Dow will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Rohm and Haas common stock for $78.00 per share in cash. The agreement provides that Rohm and Haas Company will retain its Philadelphia Headquarters location, [...]
July 9, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SYDNEY, Australia--Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A - News) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have teamed up to establish a unique research facility here to study trace metals and other elements in tissue, and their effects on health. The UTS Elemental Bio-Imaging Facility opened on June 27 to develop new methods of [...]
July 9, 2008
Transgenic Animals to be Developed for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications ST. LOUIS and RICHMOND, Calif., July 9 -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) and Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced a research and license agreement to provide Roche (SWX: ROG) with non-exclusive, worldwide rights for the use of its proprietary zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) technology [...]

