Cell Kinetics Signs Distribution Agreement with Rikaken Co., Ltd. Japan
April 2, 2008
NEW YORK--Cell Kinetics Ltd. (OTCBB: CKNTF - News), announced today that it has signed with Rikaken Co., Ltd. an exclusive distribution agreement for the marketing and distribution of Cell Kinetics’ “CKChip™” in Japan. “This is a significant moment for Cell Kinetics. This distribution agreement with Rikaken reflects the first step in our commercialization plans to [...]
O.I. Corporation Announces Partnership With DANI Instruments, S.p.A.
April 2, 2008
COLLEGE STATION, TX--Apr 2, 2008 -- O.I. Corporation (NasdaqGM:OICO - News) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with DANI Instruments, S.p.A., which will allow OI to begin selling DANI's sample-introduction and detector accessories on a world-wide basis. "We are pleased to enter into this strategic alliance with DANI, a long-established and internationally [...]
April 2, 2008
SAN DIEGO--Nanogen, Inc. (Nasdaq:NGEN - News), developer of molecular-biology and rapid diagnostic products, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, have entered into an agreement in which Thermo Fisher will be the exclusive provider of a variety of products used in gene-expression experiments. These products are based on Nanogen’s second generation [...]
ProGenTech Completes $21 Million Series C Financing
April 2, 2008
EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 2, 2008 -- ProGenTech, a life sciences company based in Shanghai, China and Emeryville, CA developing a contamination free, cassette based automated nucleic acid purification system, announced today that it has closed a $21 million Series C financing led by Bay City Capital (San Francisco) and DT Capital (Shanghai). "We are very [...]
April 1, 2008
Guildford, UK, April 1st 2008 – IDBS, provider of data management, analysis and decision support software, is proud to report double-digit revenue growth and profitability for 2007 despite increasingly challenging market conditions. Sales revenues have increased by almost 50% since 2005, on the back of major developments to core product lines such as the ActivityBase [...]
VWR International, LLC Acquires Jencons (Scientific) LTD, UK
April 1, 2008
WEST CHESTER, PA, April 1, 2008 - VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply company, today announced that it has acquired Jencons (Scientific) Limited, a UK scientific laboratory supply distributor. Jencons is one of the UK's largest suppliers of laboratory equipment and consumables with 110 employees. Based in the UK, the company also has [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Orion Dual Star Benchtop Meter
April 1, 2008
MUNICH, Germany (April 1, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched its new Thermo Scientific Orion Dual Star Meter. The new benchtop meter features dual inputs, an informative display and an easy-to-follow interface, all designed to make it easier to take simultaneous pH/ISE readings from a single sample. [...]
April 1, 2008
CORNING, N.Y., APRIL 1, 2008 -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced the introduction of an automated liquid-handling accessory (LHA) that integrates with the Corning® Epic® System for high-throughput label-free assays. "Corning developed this innovative accessory to meet the increasing demand for integrated liquid-handling capability with label-free assays," said Ron Verkleeren, business director, Corning Epic [...]
Axela, Inc. Launches dotLabTM System in Europe
April 1, 2008
Novel System Advances Capabilities for Protein Research TORONTO--Axela Inc., a recognized innovator in protein interaction technology, announced the introduction of the dotLab™ System in Europe at Analytica 2008, being held in Munich, Germany, April 1-4, 2008. The system, successfully introduced in North America in 2007, is now being used by life scientists in the academic, [...]
Roche NimbleGen Launches NimbleGen Sequence Capture Technology
April 1, 2008
Roche NimbleGen, a company of Roche Applied Science announced the commercial launch of its NimbleGen Sequence Capture technology for scientists interested in selecting targeted regions of the genome for high-throughput sequencing. This new technology enables researchers to easily and rapidly capture up to five million targeted bases from the human or mouse genomes. The technology [...]

