Group sales of €690.3 million with organic growth of 7.9% in local currencies Income from operations increased to €145.5 million; EBIT margin of 21.1% Stronger strategic investments for further sustainable growth Hamburg – The Eppendorf Group can look back at 2017 as a very satisfactory business year.  With Group sales of €690.3 million (prior year: […]

The industry leaders in specialized substrates and antibodies join with Quartzy to revolutionize digital lab supply procurement PALO ALTO, Calif.  — Quartzy, the only free online laboratory supply management and ordering platform, announced today a new authorized distributor agreement with OriGene, Advansta and Jackson ImmunoResearch. Adding these life science leaders to Quartzy’s supply chain and product portfolio marks another major […]

Beer SpoilerAlert™ assay and Encompass Optimum™ workstation enable next-day detection of spoilage organisms and hop resistance genes for brewers ITHACA, N.Y. — Rheonix Inc., a developer of fully automated molecular testing solutions, has expanded its Beer SpoilerAlert™ assay to detect more organisms that may cause spoilage in beer. The Beer SpoilerAlert assay now detects over 60 bacterial and yeast […]

Merck today announced that the Chinese Patent Office has issued a notice granting Merck’s patent application for the company’s CRISPR technology used in a genomic-integration method for eukaryotic cells. DARMSTADT, GERMANY Patent in China covers integration of an external DNA sequence into the chromosome of eukaryotic cells Company to license CRISPR-related patents to interested parties, […]

University of Cambridge spin-out Qkine has closed its seed investment round supported by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University, and a team of five angels led by Jim Warwick. The amount is undisclosed. Qkine is a specialist manufacturer of proteins that are used for control of stem cell growth and differentiation. The backing of this strong team […]

The Nomination Committee proposes that Genovis should expand its Board of Directors at the 2018 Annual General Meeting. Under the proposal two directors, Lena Söderström and Peter Hein, will be elected, while Jacob Engellau will leave the Board. Lena Söderström has been CEO of Senzime AB (publ) since 2013 and was previously CEO of Isconova and […]

Shenzhen, China—BGI launched its self-sampling NGS-based HPV genotyping product, SentisTM-HPVseq, to the global market today. This product provides detection of both high-risk and low-risk HPV types, which is recognized as an effective method for primary cervical cancer screening. The method used in this HPV genotyping sequencing assay was developed by BGI research team, which has […]

60-90 Minute Microbial ID of 2,700 Species from Positive Blood Cultures, Combined with Functional Testing of Cephalosporin- and Carbapenem-Resistance on MALDI Biotyper®, Addresses Clinical Need MADRID — New CE-IVD Fast Sepsityper® solution: for MALDI-Biotyper (MBT) identification (ID) of over 2,700 microbial species from Positive Blood Cultures (PBC) with less hands-on time; Novel CE-IVD MBT STAR®-Cepha kit: for rapid, functional antibiotic resistance testing against Cephalosporins […]

Posters by early adopters demonstrate accurate, fast, cost-effective and flexible diagnosis of syndromic infections and other diseases in unique and versatile Sample to Insight workflows Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of QIAstat-Dxâ in Europe, providing a one-step, fully integrated molecular analysis of common syndromes […]

AMSBIO announces MC-Easy™ minicircle technology for labs looking to produce sustained transgene expression in model animal generation and gene therapy research without the risks of introducing exogenous DNA. Minicircles are circular DNA elements that no longer contain antibiotic resistance markers or the bacterial origin of replication. These small vectors can be used in vivo or […]