December 15, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Oxford Nanopore and SourceBio announce commercial partnership for UK COVID-19 testing service

Tue 15th December 2020 Oxford Nanopore’s rapid LamPORE COVID-19 test to be made available via SourceBio accredited lab facilities. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited (“Oxford Nanopore”), a leading next generation DNA/RNA sequencing technology company and SourceBio International plc (“SourceBio”), an international provider of integrated state of the art laboratory services and products, announce a strategic commercial... Read more

December 9, 2020 M&A, Partnerships Process Analytical Instr.

Sartorius acquires filtration expert WaterSep BioSeparations

Göttingen, December 9, 2020 Transaction provides a complementary fit with Sartorius’ separation portfolio, adding innovative crossflow filtration units for easy-to-use bioprocessing devices Technology is especially suited to gene and cell therapy applications, vaccine production and intensified bioprocessing  The life science company Sartorius today acquired U.S.‑based purification expert WaterSep BioSeparations LLC through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech.... Read more

December 9, 2020 M&A, Partnerships Process Analytical Instr. Product Launch

Activated Research Company Partners with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments to Offer Jetanizer

The world’s smallest methanizer now available for Shimadzu 2030 GCs Activated Research Company (ARC) is excited to announce that the Jetanizer is now available through Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) for Shimadzu GC-2030instruments. SSI will be offering the Jetanizer through its headquarters in Columbia, MD directly to end users in the US and to Shimadzu subsidiaries throughout... Read more

December 9, 2020 M&A, Partnerships Materials Analysis

Amphenol Corporation to Acquire MTS Systems

WALLINGFORD, Conn. & EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 9, 2020– Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) (“Amphenol”), a leading global provider of high-technology interconnect, antenna and sensor solutions, and MTS Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: MTSC) (“MTS”), a leading global supplier of advanced test systems, motion simulators and precision sensors, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement... Read more

December 9, 2020 M&A, Partnerships

Roche partners with Moderna to include SARS-CoV-2 antibody test in ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials

Moderna’s vaccine triggers an antibody response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein The Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in vaccine trial participants and could help to establish correlation to protection from COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorisation by the US FDA for the Elecsys Ab test was granted on 25... Read more

December 2, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Regulus Therapeutics Collaborates with Bio-Techne for Biomarker Development

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) and Regulus Therapeutics (NASDAQ: RGLS) announced a collaboration to support Regulus with biomarker analysis for the clinical development of RGLS4326, an Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) treatment. Regulus has utilized two Bio-Techne branded product lines, ProteinSimple and Exosome Diagnostics, to aid in their clinical trial... Read more

November 30, 2020 Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

Olympus Collaborates with the Tokyo Medical and Dental University to Test a Next-Gen Digital Data Management Solution

November 30, 2020 The digital solution enables researchers to archive, organize and share data from the Olympus CM20 incubation monitoring system As part of Olympus’ commitment to providing digital solutions that improve the efficiency of cancer and stem cell research, the OLYMPUS Provi CM20 incubation monitoring system has changed the way cell culture monitoring is... Read more

November 18, 2020 Atomic Spectroscopy Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

QIAGEN collaborates with BioNTech on companion diagnostics development for HPV-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Hilden, Germany and Germantown, Maryland, November 18, 2020 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a strategic collaboration with BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) to develop and commercialize a tissue-based companion diagnostic – to be used with investigational cancer treatment BNT113 – which identifies patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head... Read more

November 17, 2020 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

NEOGEN, Transnetyx launch collaboration for mouse genotyping

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 17, 2020 — NEOGEN Corporation announced today its partnership with Transnetyx, Inc., to collaborate on distribution and advancement of the miniMUGA genotyping array (Mouse Universal Genotyping Array) through Transnetyx’s wide-reaching footprint in the model organism community. Powered by NEOGEN Genomics, the miniMUGA array was developed by researchers at the University of North... Read more

November 12, 2020 M&A, Partnerships Other Lab Products/Services

Hitachi High-Tech Strengthens its Photonics Capabilities to Serve Global Technology Markets

– The company acquires global leader VLC Photonics S.L.to add photonic integration engineering, design and test to its portfolio of services – Tokyo, November 12, 2020 – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (President and CEO : Masahiro Miyazaki/ Hitachi High-Tech) today announced that VLC Photonics S.L. (VLC) has become Hitachi High-Tech’s subsidiary company and will continue to... Read more