June 5, 2018 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10

MilliporeSigma Brings Biotechs Closer to Drug Therapy Production and Commercialization

News Release June 5, 2018 Your Contact: Karen Tiano +1 978 495 0093 MilliporeSigma Brings Biotechs Closer to Drug Therapy Production and Commercialization Opens North America’s first BioReliance® End-to-End Biodevelopment Center to help customers with biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes Accelerates clinical development from DNA to market “Advance Biotech Grant Program” expands global biotech commitment to help... Read more

June 5, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

Most robust NIR-spectrometer for food and feed industries launched by BUCHI

05.06.2018 BUCHI Labortechnik AG, a leading global provider of laboratory technology for R&D, quality control and production worldwide, announced today the release of ProxiMate™, a robust and cost-effective NIR Instrument designed especially for the food and feed industries. The robust instrument offers unmatched chemical and mechanical resistance and provides users with fast, accurate data on... Read more

June 5, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 Product Launch

VICAM Introduces a Rapid, Solvent-free Method for Zearalenone Detection

Zearala-V AQUADelivers Accurate Quantitative Results in a Matter of Minutes MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 5, 2018– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced VICAM™, a Waters™ Business, introduced a new user-friendly lateral flow zearalenone strip test. The Zearala-V AQUA™ uses the proven sensitivity and selectivity of VICAM’s monoclonal antibodies to accurately detect and measure zearalenone at levels as low as 0.1 ppm and as... Read more

June 5, 2018 M&A, Partnerships

Fujifilm completes acquisition of Irvine Scientific Sales Company and IS Japan, leading companies of cell culture media

June 5, 2018 FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. (ISUS) and IS JAPAN CO.,LTD. (ISJ), leading companies in cell culture media for about US$800 million on June 1 in the United States. To advance its growth strategies in the healthcare area, Fujifilm... Read more

June 5, 2018 Forensics & Security Molecular Spectroscopy

Smiths Detection Inc. to develop enhanced chemical explosives detection capability for US Department of Defense

EDGEWOOD, MD USA — 5 Jun 2018 June 5, 2018 –Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI), a threat detection technology leader, announced an additional study with the Department of Defense to further refine the performance of the Chemical Explosives Detector (CED) Adapter for use with the M4A1 Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD). With tens of thousands of M4A1 units supplied to... Read more

June 5, 2018 Forensics & Security Molecular Spectroscopy

Smiths Detection launches first customer experience centre in Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE — 5 Jun 2018 The US$1.5 million facility in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, set up to provide immersive experience for customers Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and screening technologies for aviation, ports and borders, urban security and defence markets, today announced the opening of its first Customer Experience Centre in Asia Pacific, with an... Read more

June 4, 2018 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Hamilton Robotics and Waters Corporation Collaborate to Introduce STARWorks for Waters Assay Ready Workstations for Biopharmaceutical Sample Preparation Workflows

Automated, End-to-End Workflows Provide Hands-Free Convenience with Unrivaled Assay Sensitivity and Robust System Performance Reno, Nev., and Milford, Mass. (June 4, 2018) – Hamilton Robotics and Waters Corporation further extend their collaborative goal of streamlining biopharmaceutical sample preparation workflows with the launch of STARWorks for Waters. By integrating liquid handling expertise with in-depth sample preparation... Read more

June 4, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

New Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Brings Speed and High Performance to Routine Laboratories

Robust Thermo Scientific TSQ Fortis Triple Quadrupole mass spectrometer designed for productivity across all levels of users   SAN DIEGO, June 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ASMS 2018 – Analytical scientists facing the challenges of quantitation in food and environmental applications can now achieve high productivity and meet laboratory demands with a fast yet robust mass spectrometer. The Thermo Scientific TSQ... Read more

June 4, 2018 Bio/Pharma/CRO Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Forensics & Security Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

New Software Toolset Advances Small Molecule Analysis

Easy-to-use software helps identify unknown compounds and extracts high-confidence understanding from complex mass spectra   SAN DIEGO, June 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ASMS 2018 – Scientists working in metabolomics, pharmaceuticals, food safety, and environmental and forensic science can now use a fully integrated software toolkit to transform complex, unknown mass spectra generated from small molecule analysis into actionable data.... Read more

June 4, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn.

QIAGEN welcomes new guidelines from American Academy of Pediatrics for detecting tuberculosis infection in children

Modern blood tests such as QuantiFERON-TB now recommended for patients ages 2 to 18 Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, June 4, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it welcomes new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that recommend screening at-risk children as young as two years old... Read more