PerkinElmer Completes Acquisition of Antibody and Reagent Leader BioLegend

WALTHAM, Mass.-- PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced it has completed its acquisition of BioLegend, a leading, worldwide provider of life science antibodies and reagents for a total consideration of approximately $5.25 billion. The acquisition, the largest in PerkinElmer’s history, further expands the Company’s life science franchise into high-growth [...]

New Merck Group Function “Corporate Sustainability, Quality and Trade Compliance” established to cater to increasing ESG expectations

Merck today announced that Petra Wicklandt will take over the leadership of the new Merck Group Function “Corporate Sustainability, Quality and Trade Compliance”, effective October 2021 Current Head of Corporate Affairs Petra Wicklandt will lead the new function Head of Environment, Health, Safety and Quality Andreas Kruse will retire as planned at the end of [...]

Alpha MOS launches the expanded use of licenses to use its ArochemBase database by signing a first deal with the Japanese Shimadzu

Alpha MOS takes a new step in the expanded use of its database AroChemBase, by signing its first sales of licenses with Shimadzu Japan, one of the world leaders in the manufacture of analysis tools by gas chromatography. This technology called "GC" - the same as the one used by Alpha MOS for its artificial [...]

Repligen Announces Agreement to Acquire Avitide Inc.

Proposed acquisition strengthens Repligen’s Proteins business Adds a market leader in affinity ligand discovery and development and complements established partnership with Navigo GmbH Strategically moves Repligen into affinity resin solutions for gene therapy Avitide is expected to contribute approximately $10 million in revenue in 2022 and be accretive to Repligen’s adjusted earnings per share in [...]

Oracle and Oxford Nanopore Team Up to Improve Healthcare and Speed Discovery of New Medical Breakthroughs

Technology leaders to jointly explore accessible, high-performance DNA/RNA sequencing solutions powered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to improve patient care and outcomes Austin, Texas Advances in DNA/RNA sequencing promise to revolutionize how medical communities identify, detect, and treat diseases and manage public health threats. To make this technology more accessible and increase its impact, Oracle [...]

HORIBA Scientific Partners with Covalent Metrology to Offer Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy Demo Lab

North American Demo Lab will expand Covalent’s chemical analysis services and showcase HORIBA’s analytical instrumentation Piscataway, NJ  HORIBA Scientific, a global leader in the production of high-performance spectroscopy systems and solutions, announces a partnership with Covalent Metrology, a leading North American provider of analytical services, to expand engineering and scientific access to world-class expertise and chemical analysis [...]

Automated Enzyme Analyzers Streamline Enzyme Assay Applications

The Thermo Scientific Gallery Enzyme Master analyzers enable efficient, reliable enzyme analysis workflows from method development to routine analysis SUNNYVALE, Calif.  -- Multi-enzyme analysis can now be achieved through a single, fully-automated enzyme analyzer, benefitting industrial enzyme manufacturers and enzyme users in the food, beverage, biopharmaceutical, fuel ethanol and chemical, and solid waste management industries. The [...]

NanoCellect accelerates growth plans with close of $35 Million in Series C & D Rounds led by Vertical Venture Partners and Warburg Pincus

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — NanoCellect Biomedical Inc. (“NanoCellect”), the market-leading provider of microfluidic cell sorting solutions to advance cellular discoveries announced the close of $35M of financing to further accelerate commercial growth plans and new product development goals. “The past 18 months have been challenging given the ongoing pandemic, but our WOLF Pack completed the development and [...]

Sartorius to open new Application & Service Hub in Shanghai

Shanghai, China, Supporting Chinese customers with cutting-edge innovations to accelerate technological breakthroughs in life science research and biopharma processing Significantly extended capabilities in biological drug discovery, process development, testing and validation to meeting growing local customer demand Continuous increase in investments and long-term commitment in China The life science group Sartorius officially opened its new, [...]

Flywheel Raises $22M in Series C Funding

MINNEAPOLIS -- Flywheel, the leading biomedical research data management platform, today announces a $22 million Series C funding round, with more financing expected in the coming weeks, as investors show continued confidence in the company’s growth and market impact. The Series C funding supported Flywheel’s recent acquisition of Radiologics. (Graphic: Shutterstock) The funding round is [...]

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