CONTACT: Steve Quinlan, Vice President & CFO, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., Oct. 10, 2018 — Neogen Corporation (NEOG) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to three million shares of the company’s common stock. The shares will be purchased in the open market or in negotiated transactions. There can be no... Read more
Basel, 10 October 2018 OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) data show early initiation of treatment reduces disability progression over five years in relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis People with relapsing MS (RMS) treated sooner with OCREVUS had earlier reduction in disease activity and less disability progression vs. those who switched from interferon beta-1α People with primary progressive... Read more
WILSONVILLE, Ore., October 8, 2018 — FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced that Tony Buffum will join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources (HR) Officer. As a key member of the executive management team, Mr. Buffum will report to President and CEO Jim Cannon and will assume a strategic role in... Read more
London, October 4, 2018 Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, and the US-UK Fulbright Commission are pleased to announce the winners of the UK Early Career Researcher Awards. The UK represents under 1 percent of the global population yet produces 15 percent of the world’s most highly cited articles[1]. To maintain this situation, continued... Read more
Teams from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and One Codex score highest in the community challenge focused on advancing computational methods for targeted strain detection. October 04, 2018 05:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DNAnexus, the global leader in biomedical informatics and data management, today announced the winners of the Mosaic Community... Read more
Basel, 04 October 2018 Positive phase III results for baloxavir marboxil in people at high risk of complications from influenza to be presented at IDWeek 2018 Baloxavir marboxil – a first-in-class, single-dose, investigational oral medicine – is the first potential influenza treatment in clinical trials to demonstrate a clinically meaningful benefit for people highly vulnerable... Read more
PDF Version DSP to be Applied to Transplant Research of Regulatory T Cell Therapy in Kidney Transplantation SEATTLE, Oct. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that the University of Oxfordhas been selected as the winning recipient of a grant for a GeoMx™... Read more
The Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium, which took place for the 15th time in Ulm, was like a big family reunion with both familiar and new faces. The Ulm-based microscope manufacturer WITec invited researchers, engineers and scientists to discuss the latest developments in confocal Raman microscopy from September 24th-26th, 2018. With over 100 participants from many... Read more
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Tom Polen will add the responsibility of chief operating officer of BD, in addition to his current role as president. Polen continues to report Vincent A. Forlenza, chairman and CEO. As president and chief operating officer, Polen... Read more
News Release October 2, 2018 Your Contact: Karen Tiano +1 978 495 0093 Four graduate student chemists awarded for innovation in synthetic organic chemistry Tim Gatzenmeier, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, selected for grand prize Burlington, Massachusetts, October 2, 2018 — MilliporeSigma recognized four graduate students for their research and innovations in synthetic organic chemistry as part of... Read more