Thermo Fisher Scientific and Roper Technologies Announce Termination of Gatan Acquisition

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Roper Technologies Announce Termination of Gatan Acquisition WALTHAM, Mass. and SARASOTA, Fla., June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), a leading diversified technology company, today announced that they have mutually terminated the agreement under which Thermo... Read more

Konica Minolta to Join Global Oncogenic Gene Panel Research

Move Strengthens Konica Minolta’s Advance into Personalized Medicine in Japan with Next-Generation Screening Capabilities Tokyo (June 6, 2019) – Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announces agreement with the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and the National Cancer Center Japan (NCC) to research and develop the next generation Todai OncoPanel (TOP) , a world-leading oncogenic panel test.... Read more

Rigaku and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Form Partnership to Develop Novel Molecular Structure Analysis Technology

Rigaku and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, are collaborating to develop commercially available lab solutions employing highly innovative crystalline sponge technology Rigaku will continue to improve its X-ray systems to accommodate the consumables of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, to provide turn-key solutions for customers Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, will develop lab consumables to determine the absolute... Read more

bioMérieux increases its holding in Hybiome from 54% to 67%

06 June, 2019 bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced an increase of its shareholding in Suzhou Hybiome Biomedical Engineering Co. Ltd. This announcement follows the earlier announcement of the acquisition of a majority stake in this company in November 2018. Founded in 2009 and located in Suzhou (China), Hybiome is specialized... Read more

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Rigaku Form Partnership to Develop Novel Molecular Structure Analysis Technology

06 JUN 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Rigaku are collaborating to develop commercially available lab solutions employing highly innovative crystalline sponge technology Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, will develop lab consumables to determine the absolute chemical structure of substances on sub-microgram scale Rigaku will continue to improve its X-ray systems to accommodate the lab... Read more

BGI Partners With NRGene to Provide a Full Suite of Breeding Tools for the Chinese Market

Collaboration assures BGI’s and NRGene’s commitment to provide the most advanced technological breeding tools the Asian market June 6, 2019, Ness Ziona, Israel and Shenzhen, China BGI, the world’s largest omics organization, announced today that it will be offering NRGene’s technology as part of its broad genomics analysis services in agriculture research. BGI supports genomic... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires HighChem, Provider of Mass Spectrometry Software

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires HighChem, Provider of Mass Spectrometry Software SAN JOSE, Calif., June 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of HighChem, Ltd., a leading developer of mass spectrometry software based in Bratislava, Slovakia. HighChem software solutions are used to analyze... Read more

Hamilton And Enable Biosciences Team Up to Automate Ultra-Sensitive Antibody Detection Assay Platform

June 5, 2019 Hands-Free, High-Throughput Multiplex Immunoassays Support Disease Recognition at Early, Treatable Stages Reno, Nev. (June 5, 2019) – Hamilton Company and Enable Biosciences are pleased to announce their collaboration to provide fully automated processing of up to 96 liquid biopsy samples at one time using a novel ultra-sensitive and highly specific immunoassay in... Read more

Teledyne to Acquire the Gas and Flame Detection Business of 3M

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – June 5, 2019 – Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) (“Teledyne”) announced today that it has submitted a binding offer for Teledyne to acquire the gas and flame detection business of 3M for $230 million in cash. The gas and flame detection business includes Oldham, Simtronics, Gas Measurement Instruments (GMI), Detcon and select... Read more

QIAGEN and DiaSorin collaborate on novel QuantiFERON-based test with breakthrough potential for earlier detection of Lyme disease

Germantown, Maryland; Hilden, Germany and Saluggia, Italy, June 5, 2019 – QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and DiaSorin (FTSE MIB: DIA) today announced the expansion of their QuantiFERON collaboration to develop an ultra-sensitive diagnostic test for Lyme disease, which is expected to address a significant unmet medical need. The companies plan multi-site clinical... Read more