Boston, MA- PerkinElmer has acquired Biomatic, a provider of laboratory compliance and validation services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. “Biomatic is a proven leader in helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies achieve and maintain laboratory compliance in drug discovery and development, and quality control labs. This combination positions us well to support the ever changing [...]

Philadelphia, PA – Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE:TMO) today introduced Retriever version 3.0, a web-based data extraction and presentation solution that enables secure access to laboratory data, no matter the originating data system. Retriever extracts aggregates and transforms data into "laboratory information with a business context," so that the data can be used to make rapid, [...]

Thermo Electron Corporation has announced the purchase and installation of 215 additional MBS Satellite thermal cyclers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The recent purchase brings the total number of units to 430, making the MBS Satellite thermal cycler the Broad Institute’s standard tool for large-scale genome sequencing and analysis. The Broad Institute [...]

Berlin- Berlin-based JPK Instruments AG and Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG from Karlsruhe can look back on five years of successful collaboration. JPK Instruments decided in the early development phase of the company to bet on the technology of the market leader PI. From the very first, JPK’s NanoWizard® atomic force microscopes were [...]

Gothenburg, Sweden: Cellectricon today announced the launch of the new Dynaflow (TM) Pro II System for safety pharmacology studies. The system comes with the newly developed DF-8 Pro II Chip successfully beta-tested for conducting GLP hERG studies by Swiss ion channel CRO bSys GmbH. Developed for life scientists and drug discovery researchers, the Dynaflow System [...]

BILTHOVEN, the Netherlands and EYNSHAM, UK, --- ASM International N.V. (Nasdaq: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) and Oxford Instruments plc (LSE: OXIG) announced that they have signed an agreement granting Oxford Instruments a license on ASM’s patent portfolio relating to Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology. The license includes over 280 issued and published patents and [...]

Palo Alto, CA —Agilent Technologies has acquired Molecular Imaging, a developer and manufacturer of atomic force microscopes (AFMs), including the PicoPlus modular AFM. “This is a strategic acquisition for Agilent because it complements our core strength of measurement technology while growing our presence in nanotechnology,”said Bob Burns, vice president of Agilent’s Nanotechnology Measurements Division. Molecular [...]

Milford, Mass., – Waters Corporation announced today it is shipping Version 7.0 of Waters NuGenesis Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) Software. This new version lets scientists convert proprietary data from any analytical technique into the technology-neutral JCAMP-DX standard while preserving investments in instruments and software. The software also simplifies system administration and management while providing [...]

Woburn, MA, —Nova Analytics, a provider of water quality measurement instrumentation, has acquired ADS Corporation from Axel Johnson, Inc. ADS Corporation’s Accusonic division designs and manufactures multiple, parallel path transit time monitors for the hydroelectric and water transport industries andits ADS Environmental Services division provides acoustic Doppler technologies,analytical software and real-time, web-hosted reporting for the [...]

Nova Analytics Corporation of Woburn, Massachusetts announced the acquisition of ADS Corporation a subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc. ADS Corporation manufactures and distributes flow measurement equipment and software. Collectively, the two divisions of ADS, ADS Environmental Services and Accusonic Technologies provide services to customers in over 40 countries and have conducted over 5000 flow measurement [...]