July 10, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

COPAN Diagnostics Launching First Fully Automated Instrument for Preparing Pour Plate Total Viable Counts (TVCs) at IAFP 2017

Milky Way for Preparing Pour Plate Total Viable Counts TAMPA, Fla., July 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The MilkyWay is heading to the Sunshine State. COPAN Diagnostics, Inc. will unveil MilkyWay, the first fully automated instrument for preparing pour plate total viable bacterial counts on liquid samples, at the International Association for Food Protection Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida today. The... Read more

July 10, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Product Launch

Neogen develops fastest Listeria test with no enrichment

CONTACT: Ed Bradley, Vice President of Food Safety, Neogen Corporation, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., July 10, 2017 — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) has developed an innovative test that detects Listeria in environmental samples in under 60 minutes — without the need to enrich samples. Neogen’s new Listeria Right Now™ test system can detect all species of Listeria, including the pathogenic L. monocytogenes, in... Read more

July 10, 2017 PR/Corporate

Sartorius mourns the loss of Arnold Picot

Long-term Supervisory Board Chairman passes away Goettingen, Germany, July 10, 2017 – The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG, Professor Arnold Picot, Ph.D., died unexpectedly at age 72 on July 9, 2017. Arnold Picot, who as executor also administered Horst Sartorius’ estate, had served at the helm of the Supervisory Board of Sartorius... Read more

July 6, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools

Promega Intends to Seek FDA Approval for Microsatellite Instability Assay to Assist in Strategic Cancer Decisions

MADISON, WI USA (July 6, 2017) Promega Corporation intends to seek US Food and Drug Administration approval and CE-IVD marking for a commercially available Microsatellite Instability (MSI) assay to assist oncologists and pathologists in determining colorectal cancer decisions. MSI status is a measure of mismatch-repair deficiency commonly found in solid tumors. In addition to the colorectal... Read more

July 6, 2017 PR/Corporate

MKS Instruments Successfully Completes Third Repricing of Secured Term Loan

Cumulative Actions Since Origination Reduce Annualized Non-GAAP Interest Expense by 45% ANDOVER, Mass., July 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announced today the third successful repricing of its existing secured term loan. The lenders have agreed to an amendment that... Read more

July 6, 2017 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

In Memoriam: The Company was deeply saddened to learn of Mr. Chris van Ingen’s passing on June 27, 2017.

Mr. van Ingen served on the Company’s Board from 2012 to June 2017, and as a director of Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, from 2009 to 2013. The Company’s Board and management are extremely grateful for Mr. van Ingen’s guidance and leadership over the years and extend their deepest condolences to his... Read more

July 4, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Hitachi High-Technologies’ Stock Purchase (Subsidiary Acquisition) and Business Acquisition of Part of the Oxford Instruments plc Group and Overview of the New Company

(PDF format, 164kBytes) July 4, 2017 Tokyo, Japan, July 4, 2017 – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that, as noted in the April 26, 2017 news release titled “Hitachi High-Technologies Enters Into an Agreement on the Stock Purchase (Subsidiary Acquisition) and Business Acquisition of Part of the Industrial Precision Instruments Business... Read more

July 4, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Completion of Sale of Industrial Analysis business to Hitachi High-Technologies

03 July 2017 Completion of Sale of Industrial Analysis business to Hitachi High-Technologies Further to the announcement made on 26 April 2017, Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology solutions, information and services for industry and research, today announces that it has completed the sale of its Industrial Analysis business to Hitachi High-Technologies... Read more

July 4, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

ImmunoPrecise To Acquire U-Protein and Announces $4,000,000 Financing

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, July 4, 2017 – IMMUNOPRECISE ANTIBODIES (the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: IPA)(OTC PINK: IPATF) announces that it has signed a binding letter of intent with U-Protein Express BV (“U-Protein“) whereby the Company has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of U-Protein (the “Transaction”).  This represents a key step in the... Read more

July 4, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn.

Roche launches the first fully automated CE marked HIV-1/HIV-2 qualitative diagnostic test on cobas® 6800/8800 Systems

July 4, 2017   Differentiates between HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections to confidently treat patients based on HIV subtype infection Significant reduction in time to detection is critical in curbing further disease transmission Access to testing in rural areas through validated dried blood spot (DBS) collection card Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the commercial... Read more