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 [...]
Simple control of complex sample pipetting procedures
July 9, 2008
The latest Freedom EVOware® Sample Oriented software, version 1.2, is now available for the Freedom EVO® family of workstations, enhancing Freedom EVOware Standard and Freedom EVOware Plus with a number of sample-based pipetting, diluting and pooling functions. The software is ideal for laboratories that need to perform complex pipetting and dilution sequences, and for those [...]
July 9, 2008
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will implement an average price increase of 5.3% for certain laboratory consumables products it manufactures, such as specialty laboratory plastic ware and liquid handling products. The pricing change is in response to increases in raw material and energy costs that [...]
Lonza and Bar Harbor BioTechnology, Inc. Sign Exclusive Sales Agreement
July 9, 2008
Lonza and Bar Harbor BioTechnology, Inc. (BHB) announce that an exclusive sales agreement has been signed between the two companies. Beginning 08 July 2008 Lonza will be the sole global distributor of StellARray™ Gene Expression System products from Bar Harbor BioTechnology. The strategic alliance between the two companies combines the Cell Discovery business of Lonza [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Demonstrates NIR Leadership with New Comprehensive Web Resource
July 9, 2008
Madison, WI. – (July 9, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has launched a new web site to provide detailed information on near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and the Thermo Scientific NIR product family. This informative and user-friendly web site, www.thermo.com/nir, has been designed to serve as the most comprehensive point [...]
July 8, 2008
PENZBERG, Germany--The Cancer Genomics Group at Barts and The London Medical School is researching leukemia with the aquisition of the state-of-the-art Genome Sequencer FLX System paired with the Roche NimbleGen Sequence Capture arrays. Researchers, led by Professor Brian Young, will use the combined technology of 454 Sequencing and NimbleGen Sequence Capture Arrays to uncover the [...]
July 8, 2008
Thermo Scientific Nautilus LIMS™ Recognized for Driving Better Business Decisions at AstraZeneca PHILADELPHIA — (July 8, 2008) — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it is the winner of a Microsoft Corporation 2008 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award in the Discovery and Product Innovation category. The award honors [...]
