May 16, 2018 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

MilliporeSigma to Use Genome Editing in Study of Gut Bacteria to Benefit Malnourished Children

News Release May 16, 2018 Your Contact: Karen Tiano +1 978 495 0093 Collaboration with Washington University on gut bacteria research could lead to diagnostics, treatment for malnourished children Study to use MilliporeSigma’s genome-editing technology Burlington, Massachusetts, May 16, 2018 — MilliporeSigma, a leader in genome editing, today announced a collaboration with Washington University in St.... Read more

May 15, 2018 Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

Seven Bridges becomes a Google Cloud Technology Partner to support life science researchers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Seven Bridges Genomics Inc., a leading biomedical data platform and analytics company, today announced it has become a certified Google Cloud Technology Partner.  The Seven Bridges Platform deployment on Google Cloud offers researchers confronted with the myriad challenges of big data bioinformatics an end-to-end solution to accelerate data processing and... Read more

May 15, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Informatics & Software Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Illumina Acquires Edico Genome to Accelerate Genomic Data Analysis

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that it acquired Edico Genome, the leading provider of data analysis acceleration solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS). Edico Genome’s DRAGEN® Bio-IT Platform (DRAGEN) uses field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology in conjunction with proprietary software algorithms to reduce both data footprint and time to results. DRAGEN can be run on... Read more

May 15, 2018 M&A, Partnerships

Disclosure according to Article 5 Section (1) and (6) of the EU Regulation 596/2014 and Article 2 Section (1) of the Delegated EU Regulation 2016/1052/ Share Repurchase

QIAGEN N.V. announces that it will initiate the repurchase of a first tranche of shares under the share repurchase program which was announced by an ad hoc announcement dated January 31, 2018. In the time period between May 15, 2018 until August 20, 2018, at the latest, a first tranche of up to 1.65 million... Read more

May 14, 2018 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Agilent Completes Acquisition of Genohm

Agilent Completes Acquisition of Genohm SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 14, 2018 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Lausanne, Switzerland-based Genohm, a developer of highly differentiated, on-premise and cloud-based software solutions for laboratory management. Genohm’s main laboratory software automation suite, SLIMS, is a digital platform that provides laboratories... Read more

May 9, 2018 M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

Microsaic signs Agreement with Rightek Co., Ltd.

9TH MAY 2018 Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the developer of point of need mass spectrometry (“MS”) instruments, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Rightek Co., Ltd. (“Rightek”) (the “Agreement”). The Agreement covers the distribution of Microsaic’s 4500 MiD® mass spectrometry detector via Rightek’s distribution network in Taiwan. Glenn Tracey, CEO... Read more

May 8, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities Informatics & Software Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Elsevier Teams up With PerkinElmer to Enable Faster, More Intuitive Chemistry Research

First phase of a long-term collaboration set to improve the research experience by integrating flagship solutions ChemDraw and Reaxys New York, May 8, 2018 Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has today announced a strategic collaboration with PerkinElmer. The first phase of this collaboration will see the integration of Elsevier’s flagship chemistry... Read more

May 8, 2018 Cell Analysis Tools Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Greiner Bio-One acquires 3D Cell Culture Technology assets from Nano3D Biosciences, Inc.

08. May 2018 Greiner Bio-One Magnetic 3D Cell Culture Products Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. has acquired 3D Cell Culture Technology previously owned by Nano 3D Biosciences, Inc. As an international distributor of these products since 2016, Greiner Bio-One has now taken the initiative to become a premier provider of this technology worldwide. Magnetic 3D... Read more

May 8, 2018 Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

Biomax Informatics software licensed by global pharma company, Boehringer Ingelheim, to build a target discovery knowledge platform

May 08, 2018 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time PLANEGG, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biomax Informatics AG announces that their longtime client, Boehringer Ingelheim, has signed a multi-year license for the BioXM™ Knowledge Management Environment to support their global target discovery research. In addition, the company has extended their license for Biomax’s BioRS™ Integration and Retrieval System. Boehringer Ingelheim... Read more

May 7, 2018 Chromatography Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Agilent Completes Acquisition of Lasergen, Inc.

Agilent Completes Acquisition of Lasergen, Inc. SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 7, 2018 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Lasergen, Inc. (Lasergen), an emerging biotechnology company focused on research and development of innovative technologies for DNA sequencing. In March 2016 Agilent made an initial investment in the Houston,... Read more