February 28, 2019 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Lexogen Launches CORALL – The New Stranded Whole Transcriptome Library Prep Kit for Illumina®

Vienna, Austria, February 28, 2019 / PRNewswire/ – Today Lexogen announced the launch of the CORALL Total RNA-Seq Library Prep Kit. This new all-in-one library prep kit can be used for all whole transcriptome analysis applications such as differential expression, isoform quantification, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), and mutation detection. “RNA-Seq library preparation protocols are still plagued by... Read more

February 28, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Enters Liquid Biopsy Partnership with Apostle Inc.

Indianapolis, Indiana (February 28, 2019) – At the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) General Meeting*, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces the launch of Apostle MiniMax™ High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit through an exclusive partnership with Apostle, a liquid biopsy company. As cfDNA workflows move beyond theoretical and into human health applications, Apostle’s industry leading chemistry... Read more

February 28, 2019 PR/Corporate

Economic Oscar 2019 for Anton Paar

2019-02-28 Not only one or the other film star but also Anton Paar can now look forward to an “Oscar.” This year, the Austrian Foreign Trade Centre in Los Angeles once again honored top Austrian performances on the American market with the USA-BIZ Award. “With this Economic Oscar of foreign trade, we highlight the outstanding... Read more

February 27, 2019 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Submits All-Cash Proposal to Acquire Versum

27 FEB 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY $48 Per Share Proposal Represents a Premium to Current Value of Entegris’ All-stock Proposal Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of Versum Materials, Inc. (“Versum”), outlining the terms of a superior proposal to acquire Versum for $48 per share... Read more

February 27, 2019 PR/Corporate

Abcam moves to new purpose-built global headquarters

Cambridge, UK – 27 February 2019 : Abcam, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, is pleased to announce its move to new state-of-the-art global headquarters, Discovery Drive, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), UK, a leading hub of healthcare, science and medical research. Alan Hirzel, CEO, Abcam, commented: “Abcam has been working for... Read more

February 26, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Bio-Techne Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement With Lisen Imprinting Diagnostics

FEBRUARY 26, 2019 MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement in the precision medicine field with Lisen Imprinting Diagnostics Wuxi Co., Ltd, China. Liwen Pei, Managing Director of Bio-Techne China, and Ning Zhou, CEO of Lisen, attended the meeting and signing ceremony. Bio-Techne is a leading provider of high-quality... Read more

February 26, 2019 Chromatography Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Nexis SCD-2030 Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detection System Achieves World’s Highest Sensitivity Level

February 26, 2019 Shimadzu Corporation has released the Nexis SCD-2030 sulfur chemiluminescence detection system. This system consists of a Nexis GC-2030 high-performance gas chromatograph and the newly developed SCD-2030 sulfur chemiluminescence detector. With the release of the Nexis SCD-2030, which achieves the world’s highest level of sensitivity and offers excellent operability, maintainability, and stability, Shimadzu... Read more

February 20, 2019 Chromatography PR/Corporate

Grace to Nominate Two Additional Directors

COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) today announced plans to nominate two additional directors in connection with its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Henry (Hank) Slack, Chairman of Alico, Inc., and Kathleen (Kathy) Reiland, Global Head of Strategy and Development at Standard Industries Inc., will be... Read more