October 4, 2018 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10

MilliporeSigma Opens M Lab™ Collaboration Center in São Paulo, Brazil

News Release October 4, 2018 Your Contact: Karen Tiano +1 978 495 0093 New collaboration center to provide support from pre-clinical through full-scale production in a non-GMP environment Hands-on customer access to MilliporeSigma’s product portfolio, technical expertise Burlington, Massachusetts, October 4, 2018 — MilliporeSigma today officially opened a state-of-the-art M Lab™ Collaboration Center in Brazil, serving the Latin... Read more

October 4, 2018 Industrial Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

INFICON Acquires Final Phase Systems

10/04/2018 End-to-end Software Solution for Fully Connected Smart Fab of the Future   Syracuse, NY, USA On October 1, 2018 INFICON Inc., a leading supplier of vacuum instrumentation and process control software to the semiconductor manufacturing industry acquired all assets of Final Phase Systems (FPS) of Austin, Texas, USA.  Founded in 2009 by Industrial Engineers... Read more

October 4, 2018 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

NanoString Announces the University of Oxford Selected as the Winning Recipient in GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler Grant Program

PDF Version DSP to be Applied to Transplant Research of Regulatory T Cell Therapy in Kidney Transplantation SEATTLE, Oct. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that the University of Oxfordhas been selected as the winning recipient of a grant for a GeoMx™... Read more

October 3, 2018 Process Analytical Instr. Product Launch

NevadaNano Releases New Automated Flammable Gas Sensor That Improves Safety And Lowers Cost Of Ownership

MPS Flammable Gas Sensor solves problems of legacy combustible gas sensors RENO, Nev., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — NevadaNano today announced release of the new MPS Flammable Gas Sensor, the first gas sensor of its type able to accurately detect, quantify, and classify a broad array of flammable or explosive gases using a single calibration. That’s not the... Read more

October 3, 2018 Bio/Pharma/CRO M&A, Partnerships

University College London in Strategic Alliance with Pall Biotech to Open Fit-for-Purpose Biotech Centre of Excellence for Research, Development and Training

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has progressed a strategic partnership with the University College London (UCL) Biochemical Engineering department with the creation of the UCL-Pall Biotech Centre of Excellence (CoE) for research and training. The UCL-Pall Biotech CoE will be operational from September 2018 through 2024 with a management committee... Read more

October 3, 2018 Uncategorized

BD Breaks Ground at I.D.E.A. Tempe Campus

Global Medical Technology Company To Be Anchor Tenant at New Campus TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Officials from BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, were joined today by Gov. Doug Ducey, Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell and representatives of The Boyer Company to officially break ground on the new I.D.E.A. (Innovation, Discovery, Education and Arts)... Read more

October 3, 2018 PR/Corporate

Tom Polen Promoted to Chief Operating Officer of BD

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Tom Polen will add the responsibility of chief operating officer of BD, in addition to his current role as president. Polen continues to report Vincent A. Forlenza, chairman and CEO. As president and chief operating officer, Polen... Read more

October 2, 2018 Bio/Pharma/CRO Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Industrial

DNA Script Announces World’s First Enzymatic Synthesis of a High-Purity 150-Nucleotide Strand of DNA

DNA Script’s approach achieves parity with conventional chemical synthesis — and is poised to quickly surpass the current gold standard in speed, efficacy and length for commercial DNA synthesis. October 02, 2018 01:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DNA Script, the global leader in the development of enzymatic DNA synthesis, today announced that... Read more

October 2, 2018 Forensics & Security

Smiths Detection meets customer demand for ISO 27001

WIESBADEN, GERMANY — 2 Oct 2018 ISO 27001 certification for key Wiesbaden site with more to follow   Smiths Detection has gained ISO 27001 certification for its key Wiesbaden site. In a general climate of increasing data breaches, this clearly demonstrates compliance with the most rigorous data security standards and a commitment to keep customer data safe.... Read more

October 2, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Product Launch

Neogen launches water-based, high-volume zearalenone test

CONTACT: Mary Gadola, Neogen Corporation, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., Oct. 2, 2018 — Neogen has developed the first quantitative microwell test for zearalenone that uses only a water-based solution for extraction, which completely eliminates the need for methanol and ethanol in the extraction process. Neogen’s new Veratox® MAX for Zearalenone can deliver precise results ranging from 25 to... Read more