Fluidigm Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock

PDF Version SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ: FLDM), a leader in mass cytometry and microfluidics technologies, today announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering pursuant to Fluidigm’s existing shelf registration statement. In connection with... Read more

10x Genomics Acquires Spatial Transcriptomics

Stakes Claim in Emerging Spatial Genomics Space PLEASANTON, CA.—December 10, 2018—10x Genomics today announced the acquisition of Stockholm-based Spatial Transcriptomics, a pioneer in the emerging field of spatial genomics. The new field enables researchers to not only see what is in a cell but how cells are organized in relation to one another, offering up invaluable insight... Read more

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Announces a CRISPR/Cas9 Strategic Alliance to Develop Rodent Models with genOway

10 DEC 2018 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY genOway to acquire exclusive rights to Merck’s foundational genome-editing patents to produce, sell rodent models New technologies and solutions to be developed using CRISPR/Cas9 to accelerate delivery of better drugs to patients Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company and leader in genome editing, announced that its life... Read more

B&W Tek Releases New Versions of BWIQ®, BWSpec® and BWID®

Posted on December 17, 2018 B&W Tek, a mobile spectroscopy solutions company that delivers lab quality Raman, LIBS, UV-Vis and NIR solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms, recently released the latest versions of their BWIQ®, BWSpec®and BWID® software packages. All of the updates were designed to provide more capabilities to users when collecting and analyzing data. BWIQ® 4.1.2BWIQ® is a comprehensive multivariate... Read more

QIAGEN (Suzhou) and Abcam sign strategic MoU collaboration agreement to co-develop companion diagnostic (CDx) and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) reagents and kits for the Chinese market

Suzhou, China and Cambridge, UK, December 6: Abcam plc, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, and QIAGEN (Suzhou) Translational Medicine Co., Ltd. (QIAGEN (Suzhou)) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to jointly develop a pipeline of Companion Diagnostic (CDx) and In Vitro Diagnostic reagents and kits, to meet the specific needs... Read more

Biotage acquires PhyNexus, Inc. and strengthens its position in lab-scale purification of biomolecules

TUE, DEC 04, 2018 07:45 CET Stockholm – Biotage AB (publ) (Biotage), (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOT.ST) has today entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares in the privately held company PhyNexus, Inc. (PhyNexus) based in California, US, for a total purchase price of approx. USD 21.5 million (corresponding to approx. SEK 195 million[1]) financed... Read more

PhyNexus, Inc. Enters Into An Agreement To Be Acquired By Biotage AB

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PhyNexus, Inc., a privately held California corporation, announces today an agreement to be acquired by Biotage AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOT.ST), strengthening its position for world-wide sales and marketing of automated lab-scale purification technology of biomolecules. Together, PhyNexus and Biotage will be able to provide their global customers an enabling automation platform... Read more

Bio-Techne Releases GMP Rock Inhibitor and CHIR 99021 for Stem Cell Therapy

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne has further added to its cell therapy portfolio by expanding the range of Tocris Bioscience-branded cGMP small molecules to include the commonly used stem cell compounds, Y-27632 (ROCK inhibitor) and CHIR 99021. Y-27632 is a ROCK inhibitor used in stem cell cryopreservation, expansion and differentiation protocols to enhance stem cell survival... Read more