Non-destructive Metal Analysis:
September 9, 2008
Non-destructive mobile metal analysis for rapid quality control in the automotive, aerospace and recycling industries Kleve, September 9th, 2008 – SPECTRO Analytical Instruments presents the new SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF spectrometer at the Stainless Steel World America (September 9-10, 2008, Houston, USA). The light (1.7 Kg, 3.7 lbs.) and super-fast metal analyzer measures all of [...]
GE Healthcare Financial Services Closes $3 Million Deal with Codon Devices
September 9, 2008
GE Healthcare Financial Services has provided a $3 million Senior Secured Credit Facility to Codon Devices, the Constructive Biology(TM) Company--a privately-held biotechnology firm delivering products and platform solutions based on synthetic biology to the chemical industry. The financing will be used for growth and other working capital needs. "GE Healthcare Financial Services tailored a financing [...]
September 9, 2008
International Stem Cell (OTCBB:ISCO) announced today it has entered into a worldwide distribution agreement with Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL) to manufacture living cells and cell culture products to be sold through Millipore's distribution network. "To work with a company such as Millipore that has sales of over $1.5 billion and is known throughout the world [...]
Fluorotechnics New US Base with The Gel Company Acquisition
September 9, 2008
9 September 2008 – Sydney, Australia: Fluorotechnics Limited, an Australian company developing and selling fluorescence-based products to the world’s pharmaceutical and biotech companies, has signed a binding agreement to acquire US-based The Gel Company Inc (GelCo) . GelCo is a profitable company providing over 250 products for applications such as proteomics, cell culture, DNA sequencing, [...]
Caliper Launches Small Animal Molecular Imaging System Enabling Real-Time Video Observation
September 9, 2008
HOPKINTON, Mass., Sept. 9 -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced the IVIS(R) Kinetic preclinical in vivo imaging system. The system enables researchers to non-invasively view biological events at the molecular level as they occur in real-time. The IVIS [...]
Asuragen Signs Armored RNA® Licensing Agreement with Focus Diagnostics
September 9, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas & CYPRESS, Calif.--Asuragen, Inc., announces that it has granted Focus Diagnostics, Inc., the infectious disease diagnostics company of Quest Diagnostics, non-exclusive worldwide rights to incorporate Armored RNA® technology into its in vitro molecular diagnostics products. Under the terms of the Agreement, Asuragen will develop and supply reagents for Focus Diagnostics in Asuragen’s QSR-compliant [...]
September 9, 2008
Range of mobile metal analyzer products now includes a handheld XRF and two OES spectrometers SPECTRO Business Unit Manager, Manfred Bergsch: “We can offer the right instrument for every customer application.” New brochure documents the performance capabilities and applications for the three instruments Kleve, September 9th, 2008 – SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers a complete [...]
Tripos to Acquire Pharsight Corporation
September 9, 2008
Source: Pharsight Corporation ST. LOUIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Tripos, a leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, and Pharsight Corporation (Nasdaq:PHST), a leading provider of software, strategic, and regulatory services designed to optimize clinical drug development, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Pharsight to [...]
September 8, 2008
Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces that Lufthansa Cargo is acquiring 19 IONSCAN 500DT dual trace explosives detectors for all its U.S. airport locations. The advanced desktop detectors were recently placed on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)'s Qualified Products List. Lufthansa Cargo is the first to deploy the newly [...]
New multiplexing detection kits for Cytokines & Chemokines …
September 8, 2008
Guava Technologies, Inc. has announced that it is in the final stages of development of a series of new bead-based multiplex detection kits for cytokines and chemokines. The development effort is intended to meet the needs of drug discovery researchers focusing on the areas of immunology, inflammation, and oncology. The kits, which will be available [...]
