Agilent Announces Target Enrichment Manufacturing Facility in China

Customers will benefit from reduced delivery time for next generation sequencing (NGS) products  SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 03, 2021  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it has established in-country manufacturing for its SureSelect portfolio at its facility in Hangzhou, China. Agilent is a leading provider of next-generation sequencing assays, and customers often develop... Read more

Rigaku Acquires Life Science Imaging Equipment Manufacturer MILabs

Full-Scale Entry into the Global Life Sciences Business Rigaku Corporation (Headquarters: Akishima-shi, Tokyo; President: Toshiyuki Ikeda; “Rigaku”), a leading manufacturer of X-ray analysis equipment, has acquired all issued shares of MILabs B.V. (Headquarters: Houten, The Netherlands; CEO and CSO: Dr. Frederik Beekman; “MILabs”) on August 2, 2021, as part of their full-scale effort to enter... Read more

Abcam to acquire BioVision for $340 million

2 August 2021, Cambridge, UK  – Abcam plc (“Abcam”, “the Company” or “the Group”) (AIM LSE: ABC; Nasdaq: ABCM), a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BioVision, Inc. (“BioVision”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boai NKY Medical Holdings Ltd. (“NKY”), for... Read more

Tecan successfully completes the acquisition of Paramit

Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of the SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules Männedorf, Switzerland, August 2 2021 – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of US-based Paramit Corporation and its affiliates (“Paramit”) for a total purchase consideration of USD 1.0 billion (CHF 920 million). On June 23, 2021, Tecan... Read more

HORIBA develops IRLAM™ technology to bring new value in gas analysis with the first four products equipped with IRLAM technology

07/29/2021 |   Press Release HORIBA, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “HORIBA”) today announced that it has developed an innovative proprietary gas analysis technology called InfraRed Laser Absorption Modulation (IRLAM™*1) and will launch four new products on July 29th as the first products equipped with this technology. IRLAM, a new infrared gas measurement technology invented by HORIBA, utilizes... Read more

Strategic partnership between Genedata and SCIEX deepens and accelerates characterization of next generation biotherapeutics

The collaboration will drive the development of new software solutions for in-depth characterization of novel biotherapeutics during the drug development process. July 29, 2021 Framingham, MA, USA and Basel, Switzerland — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and Genedata, leading provider of biopharma enterprise software solutions, have entered into a strategic partnership to develop new software... Read more

10x Genomics Signs Global Patent Cross License Agreement with Bio-Rad

July 27, 2021 at 6:30 AM EDTPDF Version Agreement to Cross License Single Cell Technologies Ends all Ongoing Legal Disputes  PLEASANTON, Calif., July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG) today announced that it has entered into a global settlement and cross-license agreement with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb). The... Read more