GE Healthcare introduces HiTrap™ Capto™ IEX Selection Kit for chromatography media selection
May 30, 2008
GE Healthcare has introduced the HiTrap™ Capto™ IEX Selection Kit, a set of prepacked HiTrap 1 ml columns used for selecting the best Capto ion exchange chromatography media for a given application. The kit allows for fast, easy screening of three traditional and two multimodal ion exchange chromatography media prior to scale-up. The kit consists [...]
May 30, 2008
BOSTON, MA., (30 May, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced its new Thermo Scientific Cell Culture Excellence™ program. Recognizing the importance of cell culture and its role in key research areas such as functional biology, disease studies, and cell-based drug discovery, Thermo Fisher Scientific has brought together [...]
Third Wave Strengthens Core Intellectual Property Portfolio
May 30, 2008
MADISON, Wis.--Third Wave Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTI) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Stratagene’s Full Velocity family of worldwide patents and patent applications from Agilent Technologies Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. Third Wave’s acquisition of the Full Velocity patents strengthens the company’s intellectual property position for Invader Plus®, which couples the Invader chemistry with PCR. [...]
GE Security Puts Next-Gen Chemical Substance Identification in First Responders’ Hands
May 30, 2008
StreetLab Mobile Can Help First Responders Assess, React and Respond in Seconds When Faced with Potentially Hazardous Substances BRADENTON, Fla.--GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE:GE - News), today announced its Homeland Protection business has introduced StreetLab Mobile, its next generation, point-and-shoot handheld unknown substance identification system. The Raman Spectroscopy-based device’s chemical [...]
Biotage signs a new agreement with PartnerTech
May 29, 2008
PartnerTech (STO:PART) and Biotage (STO:BIOTA), an international company in the field of life science research, have expanded their cooperation and signed a new agreement to manufacture instruments for DNA analysis and microwave synthesis. The agreement, which runs for two years and renews automatically, is worth an estimated SEK 40 million annually. “PartnerTech's expertise and level [...]
May 29, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and KLAGENFURT, Austria, May 29, 2008 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and BIA Separations GmbH today announced the signing of an agreement that gives Agilent access to BIA Separations' bio-monolithic technology. Agilent plans to commercialize analytical HPLC bio-monolith columns with strong and weak ion-exchange phases and a Protein A phase. BIA Separations [...]
ICx Technologies Acquires Bio Detection Leader S3I
May 29, 2008
Acquisition Further Cements ICx Technologies’ Leadership Position in Bio-Sensing by Adding IBAC Sensor Platform and Industry Expert to Group WASHINGTON--ICx Technologies (NASDAQ:ICXT), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today the acquisition of Reisterstown, Md.-based S3I, LLC, a technology leader specializing in biological threat detection. The company [...]
Implant Sciences Receives Orders Totaling $2.7 Million for QS-H150 Explosives Detection Systems
May 29, 2008
Volume Deliveries to Begin in the Current Quarter WAKEFIELD, Mass.--Implant Sciences Corporation (AMEX: IMX - News), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for the homeland security market and related industries, today announced multiple orders totaling approximately $2.7 million for its Quantum SnifferTM QS-H150 portable explosives detection systems to be delivered to customers of [...]
May 29, 2008
TSQ Vantage increases sensitivity without increasing noise for better reproducibility, accuracy, and precision in quantitative analysis San Jose, CA (May 29, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will launch the Thermo Scientific TSQ Vantage™ at ASMS 2008. A new LC-MS/MS system that delivers [...]
FUJIFILM, X-Rite Partner to Take Taskero Universe Press-side
May 29, 2008
VALHALLA, N.Y. & GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--FUJIFILM Corporation and X-Rite Incorporated have come together to bring the power of Taskero Universe – a suite of performance analysis tools – from the pre-press area and into the pressroom. By combining the power of X-Rite’s IntelliTrax – the industry's fastest, automated color measurement system for press-side color control [...]

