Bruker Completes the Acquisition of Alicona Imaging GmbH

BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Alicona Imaging GmbH, a leading provider of optical-based metrology products in Graz, Austria. For calendar year 2018, Alicona expects to be profitable with revenues of approximately $25 million. Financial details of the transaction were not... Read more

Arrayit Corporation Fulfills Clinical Instrumentation Contract with the United States Food and Drug Administration

By GlobeNewswire, December 31, 2018, 05:30:00 AM EDT: Source Arrayit Corporation By GlobeNewswire, December 17, 2018, 05:30:00 AM EDT: Source Arrayit Corporation Sunnyvale, Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arrayit Corporation (OTC: ARYC), a life sciences and personalized medicine company, reports fulfillment of a clinical instrumentation contract with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA),... Read more

Xylem Partners with Imagine H2O to Champion Water Startups and Help Promote Innovation across the Water Sector

Leading Water Technology Provider and Global Water Innovation Accelerator Also Working Together to Raise Awareness of Water Solutions RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 14, 2018– Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced plans to partner with Imagine H2O, a non-profit organization that helps... Read more

Bruker and Mestrelab Announce Strategic Collaboration and Partnership for Chemistry and Pharma Software Applications

BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker Corporation and Mestrelab Research SL (www.mestrelab.com) today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to advance chemistry software that handles spectroscopic data and extracts and manages chemical information from a variety of analytical techniques, including for example NMR and mass spectrometry. Together the companies will focus... Read more

10x Genomics Acquires Spatial Transcriptomics

Stakes Claim in Emerging Spatial Genomics Space PLEASANTON, CA.—December 10, 2018—10x Genomics today announced the acquisition of Stockholm-based Spatial Transcriptomics, a pioneer in the emerging field of spatial genomics. The new field enables researchers to not only see what is in a cell but how cells are organized in relation to one another, offering up invaluable insight... Read more

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Announces a CRISPR/Cas9 Strategic Alliance to Develop Rodent Models with genOway

10 DEC 2018 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY genOway to acquire exclusive rights to Merck’s foundational genome-editing patents to produce, sell rodent models New technologies and solutions to be developed using CRISPR/Cas9 to accelerate delivery of better drugs to patients Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company and leader in genome editing, announced that its life... Read more

QIAGEN (Suzhou) and Abcam sign strategic MoU collaboration agreement to co-develop companion diagnostic (CDx) and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) reagents and kits for the Chinese market

Suzhou, China and Cambridge, UK, December 6: Abcam plc, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, and QIAGEN (Suzhou) Translational Medicine Co., Ltd. (QIAGEN (Suzhou)) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to jointly develop a pipeline of Companion Diagnostic (CDx) and In Vitro Diagnostic reagents and kits, to meet the specific needs... Read more

QIAGEN announces new collaboration to develop companion diagnostic to guide treatment for patients with PIK3CA-mutated advanced breast cancer

Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, December 6, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that a clinical development program is underway with Novartis to bring to market a molecular test as a companion diagnostic to guide the use of the investigational compound BYL719 (alpelisib) in combination with fulvestrant for men... Read more

Biotage acquires PhyNexus, Inc. and strengthens its position in lab-scale purification of biomolecules

TUE, DEC 04, 2018 07:45 CET Stockholm – Biotage AB (publ) (Biotage), (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOT.ST) has today entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares in the privately held company PhyNexus, Inc. (PhyNexus) based in California, US, for a total purchase price of approx. USD 21.5 million (corresponding to approx. SEK 195 million[1]) financed... Read more

PhyNexus, Inc. Enters Into An Agreement To Be Acquired By Biotage AB

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PhyNexus, Inc., a privately held California corporation, announces today an agreement to be acquired by Biotage AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOT.ST), strengthening its position for world-wide sales and marketing of automated lab-scale purification technology of biomolecules. Together, PhyNexus and Biotage will be able to provide their global customers an enabling automation platform... Read more