November 16, 2017 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

BD Statement On Merit Medical Agreement To Purchase BD, Bard Product Lines

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by Merit Medical Systems, Inc. that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BD’s soft tissue core needle biopsy product line and C. R. Bard’s (NYSE:... Read more

November 16, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Edico Genome Partners with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to Accelerate Diagnoses, Enhance Somatic and Germline Research Initiatives with DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 16, 2017 — Today at the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2017 Annual Meeting, Edico Genome announced an affiliation with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). The hospital will utilize Edico Genome’s DRAGENTM Bio-IT platform to deliver enhanced patient care and accelerate research initiatives to expand test offerings for children with genetic disorders and cancer. CHLA... Read more

November 14, 2017 Cell Analysis Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Fluxion Biosciences Appoints Harvard Bioscience as North American Distributor

      Harvard Bioscience will distribute the IonFlux and BioFlux Systems, targeting the electrophysiology and live cell imaging markets SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Fluxion Biosciences, a leading developer of automated solutions for cellular analysis in life sciences research and drug discovery, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Harvard Biosciences. The... Read more

November 14, 2017 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

Shimadzu Supports New Medicinal Plant Chemistry Program at Northern Michigan University

November 14 2017 Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI), the leading provider of cannabis testing instruments, and Northern Michigan University (NMU) announce a collaborative relationship in support of NMU’s new 4-year undergraduate degree program in Medicinal Plant Chemistry. This program is intended to complement the emerging cannabis economy with a specific focus on laboratory analysis, experimental horticulture,... Read more

November 13, 2017 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

SnapGene and Synbio Technologies Partner to Streamline Construct Design and Synthesis

SnapGene customers can now order synthetic biology constructs directly from the software through Synbio Technologies. November 13, 2017 07:00 AM Pacific Standard Time CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synbio Technologies and GSL Biotech have finalized a non-exclusive agreement allowing customers of GSL Biotech’s “SnapGene” software to order constructs directly from Synbio Technologies after having designed them in SnapGene. GSL Biotech developed SnapGene... Read more

November 13, 2017 Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

Western Digital Expands Solutions in Life Sciences Through Partnership with Globus to Connect Massive Data to the Researchers Who Need It

ntegration of Western Digital’s ActiveScale Object Storage System and Globus’ Data Management Service Offers Reliable Preservation, Movement, Collaboration and Analysis of Research Data for Greater Scientific Discoveries November 13, 2017 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SUPERCOMPUTING 17 (SC17), Booth #643 — Western Digital® Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced a partnership with Globus to integrate Globus’ research data... Read more

November 13, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

SCIEX Announces Joint Venture With Zhenjang Dian Diagnostics in China

Leading Diagnostics Companies Combine to Address Diagnostic and Wellness Testing in China November 13, 2017 04:00 AM Pacific Standard Time FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & SHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SCIEX Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) division of SCIEX, a global leader in mass spectrometry in the life sciences industry, announced today that it has formed a joint venture (JV) with Zhejiang... Read more

November 10, 2017 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Lexogen and Bluebee Partner to Bring the SLAMseq Metabolic RNA Sequencing Data Analysis Pipeline to the Users

Lexogen and Bluebee launch SLAMdunk data analysis pipeline RIJSWIJK, The Netherlands and Vienna, Austria — November 10, 2017 — Bluebee, a company driving genomic data-driven medicine, and Lexogen a company enabling the analysis of the complete transcriptome, announce the successful integration of the SLAMdunk pipeline on Bluebee’s private cloud-based platform, making it available to analyze data generated by... Read more

November 9, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships

Photonic BioSystems, Inc. Announces Out-Licensing Program for Microbiological Sensing and Liquid Handling Technologies

Technology originally developed for Department of Defense field applications REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Photonic BioSystems (www.photonicbiosystems.com) announces that they are actively seeking commercialization partners (licensees) to bring their Rapid Microbial Detection and Sampling technologies to market.  The technologies enable rapid sampling, detection and measurement of bacteria, cells, microorganisms and microbial contaminants – including E. coli,... Read more