January 23, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

G-CON Manufacturing and GE Healthcare Announce Collaboration to Advance Early-Stage Cell Therapy and Viral Vector Manufacturing

College Station, TX and Chicago, IL, US, January 23 2019 – G-CON Manufacturing, the leader in prefabricated flexible cleanroom solutions (“PODs”) and GE Healthcare plan to collaborate to improve cell therapy and viral vector manufacturing by providing drug developers with a combined, flexible, and readily deployable manufacturing platform suitable for early-stage clinical or commercial production.... Read more

January 16, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Welcomes Ten New Startups to its Innovation Center

From January 2019, startups from nine different countries will collaborate with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany Selected teams will have the opportunity to extend their stay in the company’s China Innovation Hub in Shanghai For the first time, the program includes a startup specializing in the fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria Darmstadt, Germany, January 16, 2019... Read more

January 16, 2019 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

Hitachi High-Technologies Acquires All Shares of Applied Physics Technologies, Inc., a U.S. Manufacturer of Electron Sources

Tokyo, Japan, January 16, 2019 – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced that on January 15, 2019 Hitachi High-Tech acquired all issued shares of Applied Physics Technologies, Inc. (Head Office: Oregon, U.S.A.; Representative: William Mackie, APTech), which develops, manufactures and sells electron sources for use in electron microscopes and other instruments. Following the... Read more

January 15, 2019 Chromatography Lab Equipment M&A, Partnerships

Biotage completes the acquisition of PhyNexus, Inc. and resolves on a share issue as part of the acquisition

TUE, JAN 15, 2019 18:15 CET Stockholm – Biotage AB (publ) (Biotage) has today completed the acquisition of PhyNexus, Inc. (PhyNexus), which was announced on December 4, 2018. As part of the completion, the Board of Directors of Biotage has also, pursuant to an authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting 2018, resolved on a... Read more

January 15, 2019 Acad, Gov/Utilities M&A, Partnerships Materials Analysis

MTS Equips University To Test New Materials For Construction And Transportation Industries

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems, motion simulators and sensors, today announced completion of two unique test systems for the Extreme Performance Testing Center at Seoul National University. These test systems—a High-Rate Impact and a High-Force Fatigue system—deliver the velocities... Read more

January 15, 2019 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Hocking College Announces Partnership with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments in Developing Medical Cannabis Lab Program

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI), the leading provider of cannabis testing instruments, and Hocking College announce a collaborative relationship to launch the Hocking College Cannabis Analytic Lab. The partnership will also support a first-of-its-kind Cannabis Lab Technician Associates of Science Degree. The medical cannabis testing laboratory will position Hocking College as an academic leader in analytical... Read more

January 14, 2019 Bio/Pharma/CRO M&A, Partnerships

Merck and Roche Renew Global Distribution Agreement

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT January 14, 2019 Merck and Roche Renew Global Distribution Agreement Global distribution agreement renewed under existing terms for additional five years Includes Biochemical Reagents and Kapa Biosystems portfolios, and select qPCR & Nucleic Acid Purification products Merck and Roche have agreed to renew their current distribution agreement for the Biochemical Reagents and... Read more

January 9, 2019 M&A, Partnerships Molecular Spectroscopy

Smiths Detection selected by U.S. Department of Defense to develop next generation chemical detector

EDGEWOOD, MARYLAND, USA — 9 Jan 2019 Smiths Detection (SDI) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND)’s Joint Project Manager, Nuclear Biological Chemical Contamination Avoidance (JPM-NBC CA) to be one of the suppliers to design and engineer an Aerosol and Vapor Chemical... Read more

January 9, 2019 M&A, Partnerships Molecular Spectroscopy

Datacolor® partners with Color Solutions International to improve textile color identification with ColorReaderPRO

Lawrenceville, NJ – 9 January 2019 – Datacolor®, a global leader in color management technology, announced today a new partnership with the leading provider of color standards and color communication tools for the textile industry, Color Solutions International (CSI). Using Datacolor’s portable color measurement device, ColorReaderPRO, fashion and apparel brands can now precisely select and identify color... Read more

January 8, 2019 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

DNAnexus Powers Research and Analysis of Maize Genomes to Fuel Improvements in the World’s Most Important Grain

Consortium leverages DNAnexus cloud-based platform to scale genome assembly and improve quality for the maize population January 08, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DNAnexus, the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced details of its collaboration with Dawe lab from University of Georgia, Hufford lab from Iowa State... Read more