MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PRGB) (“Protea”) announced today that it plans to develop clinical screening assays in various areas of oncology.  The assays shall be developed on Bruker’s rapifleX™ MALDI Tissuetyper™ using Protea’s proprietary histology guided mass spectrometry workflows and expertise. “To develop MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry-based analytical assays, with a potential to improve […]

Fungiplex® Candida fast identification assay and MICRONAUT™-AM antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) further expand Bruker´s product range in Invasive Fungal Disease (IFD) testing BELGRADE, Serbia — At the Trends in Medical Mycology (www.timm2017.org) conference, Bruker today introduces the new, CE-IVD marked Fungiplex® Candida fast diagnostic assay, a multiplex real-time PCR test for the rapid identification of the most common pathogens associated with […]

Torrance, Calif. – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces SecurityCAP– a mobile phase and solvent waste safety system for HPLC and UHPLC Systems. SecurityCAP products are specially designed for solvent bottles and waste containers, providing increased laboratory safety, chromatographic security and cost savings. SecurityCAP […]

New center in Uppsala, Sweden will apply 3D printing and other techniques to speed up innovation and simplify complex manufacturing processes GE Healthcare has opened its first 3D printing lab, called the Innovative Design and Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center for Europe, in Uppsala, Sweden. The center will use technologies including 3D printing and robotics to […]

ChromaJean is a Chromatography Purification Biotech Venture that Aims to Provide Significant Healthcare Solutions for Patients Osaka, Japan – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited [TSE: 4502], (“Takeda”) today announced the launch of ChromaJean, Inc. (“ChromaJean”). ChromaJean is the second biotech company to originate as part of Takeda’s Entrepreneurship Venture Program (EVP) initiative and will be housed at […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Novilytic, a life sciences company based in the Purdue Research Parkthat offers novel separation tools and devices for drug discovery and clinical diagnostics, has received notice from the National Institutes of Health that it has been awarded a grant worth up to $1.5 million. The NIH made the award to Novilytic as a Phase […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) subsidiary 1st Detect has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL). The TSL will assess 1st Detect’s explosives trace detection system, the TRACER 1000 MS-ETD. Using TSL’s credible, unbiased and objective development, test […]

Shimadzu Corporation has released the Nexera FV ultra high performance liquid chromatograph to improve the operational efficiency of tests to evaluate the dissolution of contained components in the development and quality control of pharmaceutical dosage forms (e.g. tablets and capsules). When Nexera FV is directly connected to a dissolution tester, after putting tablets in the […]

– nextBioPharmDSP Horizon 2020 project led by Lek Pharmaceuticals, a Sandoz company in Slovenia, highlighted as success story for research and innovation – Completed 18-month milestone submission to EU – MilliporeSigma provides expertise in continuous and flow-through downstream processing approaches and single-use systems BILLERICA, Mass. — MilliporeSigma today announced an update on its participation in Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Program for Research […]

MERLIN will become Bruker´s Center of Excellence for specialty biochemical and selected, high-value MALDI Biotyper-based antibiotic resistance and susceptibility testing BREMEN, Germany — Bruker today announced the closing of its acquisition of MERLIN Diagnostika GmbH, located near Bonn, Germany.  MERLIN has in-depth expertise in products, services and consulting in the fields of antibiotic resistance testing (ART) and antibiotic susceptibility […]