TU Wien researcher recognized for his influential work in the digitalization of bioprocesses SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Christoph Herwig has been selected to receive a prestigious Agilent Thought Leader Award. A prominent researcher in the field of bioprocess technology, Christoph Herwig is a Professor of Biochemical Engineering at TU Wien, Vienna, Austria. [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif., and VIENNA – Molecular Devices, LLC., a leading provider of high-performance life science solutions, and HeartBeat.bio AG, a biotech company developing cardiac organoids (Cardioids) for drug discovery, have entered into a co-development agreement. With cardiovascular diseases the leading cause of death worldwide—claiming 34 lives every minute—and cardiotoxicity a leading cause of drug withdrawals, [...]

The panel will generate ideas and inspiration to build the foundational elements needed to make genomic health equitable, informed, and accountable SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced that it will convene a panel of leading visionaries, titled "Architecting Health's Radically New Infrastructure," as part [...]

Our Future Health’s trusted research environment will collect information from millions of volunteers and provide tools to transform the prevention, detection, and treatment of diseases MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DNAnexus, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based genomic and biomedical data access and companion analysis software, today announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract by Our Future Health. The DNAnexus platform, [...]

Updated qPCR system now includes integrated software to support growing test menus for clinical laboratories and assay developers CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific has certified the Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 7 Pro Dx Real-Time PCR System* to meet new In Vitro Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) requirements. The updated system now includes new, complementary Applied Biosystems [...]

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, strengthens its manufacturing capabilities for single-use assemblies by investing more than € 130 million in Molsheim, France. Increases manufacturing capacity for the Mobius® single-use portfolio Creates more than 800 jobs by the end of 2028 Investment further strengthens the company's "Big 3," the key drivers for increasing Group sales to approximately € 25 billion by [...]

LEIDEN, The Netherlands -- MIMETAS, a global leader in organ-on-chip-based disease models for drug discovery and development, has appointed Dhaval Patel as Chair of its Board of Directors. Dhaval Patel is Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at UCB, Belgium, clinical professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and former Head of Research for [...]

Flow Robotics has launched UV-C light for disinfection in pipetting robot, flowbot ONE. This will increase effectiveness, efficiency and prevent contamination. "Using an alternative source such as UV-C light maximizes the cleaning results and lessens the risk of contamination, enabling labs to work safely with sensitive samples.” — Kjetil Krmer, CTO of Flow Robotics COPENHAGEN, [...]

BOSTON, Mass. – TetraScience, the Scientific Data Cloud company, announced today that CompliancePath, leading biopharma software compliance and IT governance experts, has joined the Tetra Partner Network to help customers and Tetra partners accelerate their ability to deploy, and offer, leading software solutions in regulated environments. “We are thrilled to partner with CompliancePath, whose deep [...]

Customers in France can now extract higher yields of DNA and RNA from challenging biological samples in one hour with minimal hands-on time PLEASANTON, Calif. – Purigen Biosystems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation technologies for extracting and purifying nucleic acids from biological samples, today announced a new distribution agreement with Proteigene. Under the terms of the [...]