Support of Microsoft Windows Vista for Atlas Chromatography Data System
September 30, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (September, 30, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announced that its award-winning Atlas Chromatography Data System(TM) (CDS) now supports the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Thermo Scientific Atlas version 8.2 provides LC and GC instrument control, digital data acquisition, chromatography data processing and reporting all in a familiar, [...]
September 30, 2008
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Sept. 30 -- GeneGo Inc., a leading provider of databases, tools and services in systems biology, announced today that they were awarded with a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the development of a platform for understanding the influence of nutrients on cancerogenesis and cancer prevention. GeneGo [...]
New Optima™ eXPert™ Ultracentrifuge Software Adds Security and Audit Trail Features
September 30, 2008
FULLERTON, Calif. (September 30, 2008) – Beckman Coulter, Inc. announces an advanced version of its eXPert software for the Optima L-XP Series Ultracentrifuges. The new Optima eXPert software delivers important capabilities for academic, biopharmaceutical and bioprocessing users in protein, virus and vaccine development. New security and audit trail features support users working with 21 CFR [...]
Luminex and BD Sign Agreement to Create Diagnostic Tests for Cancer
September 30, 2008
Collaboration Will Target New Tools to Enhance Early Cancer Detection and Intervention AUSTIN, Texas & FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), a worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, and global medical technology company BD (NYSE: BDX), through its BD Diagnostics-TriPath platform, today announced the signing of a development and supply agreement. Under the terms of the [...]
Exporting products to the EU? Import the PANalytical X-ray advantage first!
September 30, 2008
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy has emerged as an optimal solution for the screening of toxic heavy metals regulated by the EU Directives RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment). To help customers who export goods to the EU meet increasingly complex environmental regulations, PANalytical delivers the advantage of 60 years [...]
GE Healthcare acquires MicroCal broadening capabilities in biomedical and pharmaceutical research
September 30, 2008
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced it has acquired MicroCal LLC, a provider of innovative instruments for the study of molecular interactions in pharmaceutical, biomedical and life science research. The acquisition of MicroCal will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offering of technologies for the rapidly growing areas of protein [...]
September 30, 2008
Osmetech plc ('Osmetech') (LSE:OMH), the international molecular diagnostics business, today announced that it has signed an agreement with QIAGEN (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) pursuant to which Osmetech will adapt a QIAplex-based respiratory viral test for use on Osmetech's recently launched eSensor XT-8 molecular diagnostics system. Under the terms of the agreement, QIAGEN will [...]
September 30, 2008
Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument for use with the new CDC Human Influenza Virus Real-time RT-PCR Detection and Characterization Panel (rRT-PCR Flu Panel) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [...]
Riverside Partners Sells MicroCal to GE Healthcare
September 30, 2008
BOSTON, Sept. 30 -- Riverside Partners, based in Boston, MA, is pleased to announce the sale of its portfolio company, MicroCal, to GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). MicroCal, based in Northampton, MA, develops and manufactures microcalorimeters that provide detailed information on the structure, function and binding properties of a wide [...]
September 30, 2008
454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, and GenomeQuest, Inc. announced a co-marketing agreement whereby GenomeQuest will offer its recently launched On-Demand Informatics Service to users of the 454 Genome Sequencer FLX System. GenomeQuest's high-throughput annotation and data management tools enable rapid characterization of all sequences generated by the Genome Sequencer FLX System. The combination of [...]

