PerkinElmer Extends Its Leadership in Drug Candidate Detection Instrumentation

Launch of VICTOR(TM) X Multilabel Plate Reader Platform Offers Improved Flexibility to Drug Discovery and Research Customers ST. LOUIS--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI - News), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced the launch of its VICTOR™ X Multilabel Plate Reader platform at the Society for Biomolecular Sciences’ (SBS) 14th Annual Conference and [...]

ACCURI CYTOMETERS ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL LAUNCH OF REVOLUTIONARY ACCURI C6 FLOW CYTOMETER™ SYSTEM

Ann Arbor, MI - April 7, 2008. Accuri Cytometers, Inc. today announced the commercial launch of the Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer™ System, designed to bring the power of flow cytometry cell analysis to the laboratory of every life sciences researcher. The Accuri C6 is a bench-top system that delivers performance and features similar to those [...]

MALLINCKRODT BAKER AND ANSELL HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP IN SAFETY

PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. (April 7, 2008) ¾ Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV) today announced that Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. is working with Ansell Healthcare, the world's largest manufacturer of protective gloves and clothing, to promote safety in chemical handling and storage. The companies have joined forces to provide reference tools and guidelines that enable laboratory technicians to [...]

Varian, Inc. Acquires Oxford Diffraction, Ltd.

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 7, 2008 -- Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI - News) announced today that it has acquired Oxford Diffraction, Ltd., a privately owned company based in Abingdon, U.K. Oxford Diffraction is a leader in x-ray crystallography, an analytical technique used by scientists in pharmaceutical research and other research laboratories to determine the structure [...]

Panasonic and Kalypsys Expand Collaboration with North American Commercialization Agreement

April 7, 2008 - OSAKA, Japan, and SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Panasonic Factory Solutions Co., Ltd. (PFSC), Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America (PFSA) and Kalypsys, Inc. announced today the establishment of a Joint Commercialization Agreement to enhance sales, marketing and application support in the North American market for a next-generation High Throughput Screening (HTS) [...]

PerkinElmer Partners with Cerep for Custom Drug Discovery Solutions

Supply and Co-Marketing Agreement Provides Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Customers with a Total Solution for Drug Candidate Detection and Validation WALTHAM, Mass., Apr 06, 2008 -- PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, and Cerep SA (Eurolist: Cerep), a leading provider of drug candidate screening and profiling technologies, today announced the [...]

Immunicon Corporation is Considering Strategic Alternatives

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.--Immunicon Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMC - News) announced today that it is exploring and evaluating various financial and strategic alternatives for the Company, including the sale of some or all of its businesses. Immunicon has retained Stifel, Nicolaus & Company as its financial advisor to assist in exploring and evaluating various financial and strategic alternatives [...]

Oxford Instruments plc: Disposal of holding in Oxford Diffraction Limited.

Oxford Instruments plc ('Oxford Instruments'), the high technology tools and systems company, today announces the disposal of its 23% holding in Oxford Diffraction Limited ('Oxford Diffraction') to Varian, Inc. for a cash consideration of £3.5m. An additional cash amount of up to £1.1m may be received over the next three years conditional on the performance [...]

Tripos International Announces Availability of Topomer CoMFA/Search Product Integration and Topomer Technology Patent Approvals

Tripos receives U.S. Patent protection and approval for innovative Topomer technologies; Topomer tools now linked for even more powerful compound searches ST. LOUIS--Tripos International, leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced the availability of integrated versions of its recently patented Topomer Search and Topomer CoMFA® technologies. Tripos’ Topomer technologies accelerate the [...]

Roche Applied Science Selects the Technology of NuGEN WT-Ovation™ as RNA Amplification Product for LightCycler® System

Allows researchers to assess small samples in high throughput qPCR PENZBERG, Germany & SAN CARLOS, Calif.--Roche Applied Science and NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a privately held company that develops and commercializes highly sensitive nucleic acid amplification and labeling systems, announced today an agreement that will enable Roche to market and sell an RNA amplification product based [...]

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