Pep Guardiola, Xylem Partner to Address Water Scarcity, Affordability

Legendary Football Coach Joins Forces with Water Technology Leader to Advance Water Sustainability RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 5, 2021– Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), and Manchester City Football Club manager, Pep Guardiola, today announced they are joining forces to promote public engagement on the world’s water challenges. The partners will campaign for awareness and... Read more

Xylem, Dragos Partner to Bring Cybersecurity Leadership to Water Utilities

RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 4, 2021– Leading global water technology company, Xylem Inc., and Dragos, Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for industrial controls systems (ICS)/operational technology (OT) environments, today announced they have partnered to bring best-in-class industrial cybersecurity to critical infrastructure in the water sector. The agreement will see Xylem and Dragos offering co-branded... Read more

Avantor Announces Global Distribution Agreement with Oxford Nanopore Technologies for Handheld MinION DNA/RNA Sequencer

Partnership will broaden global access for scientists to benefit from portable DNA/RNA sequencing technology that provides rich data in real time, for life science research applications Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinIONTM and MinIONTM Mk1C DNA/RNA Sequencing Devices RADNOR, Pa. (USA) — Sept. 27, 2021 — Avantor, a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Closes Acquisition of Omniome and Establishes San Diego Presence

Omniome’s high accuracy short-read sequencing platform expected to significantly expand PacBio’s market opportunity Acquisition expected to accelerate the adoption of SMRT Sequencing, PacBio’s leading long-read sequencing platform PacBio also closes $300 million PIPE financing in support of transaction MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB)(“Pacific Biosciences” or “PacBio”),... Read more

Brooks Automation Announces Agreement To Sell Its Semiconductor Solutions Group Business To Thomas H. Lee Partners

Brooks Automation Announces Agreement To Sell Its Semiconductor Solutions Group Business To Thomas H. Lee Partners CHELMSFORD, Mass., Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Semiconductor Solutions Group business (or “automation business”) to Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”) for... Read more

Mesa Labs Announces Agreement to Acquire Agena Bioscience, Inc.

09/14/2021 LAKEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB) (“we”, “us”, “our”, “Mesa” or the “Company”), a global leader in the design and manufacturing of critical quality control solutions for the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical device industries, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Agena Bioscience,... Read more

IBM Research and Arctoris accelerate closed loop drug discovery with AI and Cloud

Oxford and Zurich – 13 September 2021 – Life Science Newswire – Today, IBM Research and Arctoris announced they are investigating the application of AI and automation to accelerate closed loop molecule discovery. IBM Research has developed RXN for Chemistry, an online platform leveraging state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) architectures to automate synthetic chemistry. Representing chemical reactions via SMILES (Simplified Molecular... Read more

Roche signs definitive share purchase agreement with long-term partner TIB Molbiol to expand PCR-test portfolio in the fight against new infectious diseases

Roche to acquire the TIB Molbiol Group with the expectation to close in fourth quarter of 2021 TIB Molbiol excels in ultra-rapid assay development for emerging infectious disease, strongly demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic The acquisition enables Roche to further expand the portfolio of currently over 45 CE-IVD assays and more than 100 research use... Read more

Bio-Techne and Carterra Initiate a Clinical Research Collaboration for COVID-19 Variant Analysis

SEPTEMBER 08, 2021 Companies bring together cutting-edge technologies and expertise to advance the world’s understanding of COVID-19 variants’ mechanism of action MINNEAPOLIS and SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne, a leading supplier of high-quality and innovative tools for life science research, therapeutic manufacturing and clinical diagnostics and Carterra Inc., the world leader in... Read more