EMA’s CHMP Issues Positive Opinion for Avelumab for the Treatment of Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma
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BD Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for New Immunological Diagnostic System
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the BD FACSLyric™ flow cytometer system, an easy-to-use in vitro diagnostic (IVD) system, for use with BD Multitest™ assays... Read more
Kailos Genetics Announces Strategic Investment and Partnership with In-Q-Tel
Partnership will further develop Kailos’ leading-edge next-generation sequencing solutions for the intelligence community July 11, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kailos Genetics, a personalized medicine company offering a leading-edge suite of tools for next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based assays, today announced a strategic partnership with and investment from In-Q-Tel, Inc. (IQT). IQT is the... Read more
University of California San Diego to House Latest Nikon Imaging Center
MELVILLE, N.Y., July 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikon Instruments Inc. is pleased to announce development of the newest Nikon Imaging Center is underway at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego). This collaborative microscopy center provides researchers from UC San Diego and the local research community with access to the latest generation... Read more
FDA approves Rituxan Hycela (rituximab and hyaluronidase human) for subcutaneous injection in certain blood cancers
Basel, 23 June 2017 FDA approves Rituxan Hycela (rituximab and hyaluronidase human) for subcutaneous injection in certain blood cancers Treatment can be administered in five to seven minutes, compared to 1.5 hours or more for intravenous Rituxan* Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Rituxan... Read more
PacBio Technology Resolves Complex Maize Genome, Driving Demand for Other Large-Scale AgBio Sequencing Projects
MENLO PARK, Calif., June 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new publication in Nature reveals the significant quality improvement afforded by Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing for the maize genome, with implications for other complex crop and livestock genomes. This new PacBio® genome assembly, produced by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the USDA’s Agricultural Research... Read more
PacBio Technology Resolves Complex Maize Genome, Driving Demand for Other Large-Scale AgBio Sequencing Projects
MENLO PARK, Calif., June 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new publication in Nature reveals the significant quality improvement afforded by Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing for the maize genome, with implications for other complex crop and livestock genomes. This new PacBio® genome assembly, produced by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the USDA’s Agricultural Research... Read more
BD Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for New Line of Customizable, 3.0mm Micro-Laparoscopic Instruments
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., June 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that its new line of Snowden-Pencer™ 3.0mm laparoscopic ergonomic take-apart instruments received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for use in laparoscopic surgery. The new line of Snowden-Pencer 3.0mm laparoscopic... Read more
Unique Mass Spectrometer for Analysis of Semiconductor Process Gases
June 15, 2017, Peabody, Mass. — The JEOL InfiTOF compact high-resolution gas analysis mass spectrometer is ideal for monitoring trace impurities in semiconductor process gases, evolved gases from catalytic reactions, vapor epitaxy and more. No larger than a desktop PC, the InfiTOF instantly separates isobaric gases such CO and N2, or N2O and CO2, for... Read more
MTS Systems Awards Endowment to Michigan Technological University in Honor of PCB Founders Jim and Bob Lally
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test and measurement systems and sensors, today announced establishment of the ‘James and Robert Lally Endowment’ at Michigan Technological University. This $1 million endowment was given in honor of the pioneering efforts of the Lallys in the... Read more