October 7, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

QIAGEN and Illumina Partner to Deliver Sequencing-Based In-Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Tests

San Diego, California, Hilden, Germany and Germantown, Maryland – October 7, 2019 – Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a 15-year partnership intended to broaden the availability and use of NGS-based in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) kits, including companion diagnostics, for patient management. The agreement grants QIAGEN non-exclusive... Read more

October 2, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Bruker Announces Acquisition of Magnettech's EPR Business

FREIBERG, Germany, Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the acquisition of the Magnettech EPR business from Freiberg Instruments GmbH, and the establishment of a related, long-term EPR supply partnership with Freiberg Instruments.  Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.  Magnettech’s benchtop electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) system, the MiniScope MS 5000,... Read more

September 24, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Informatics & Software Licensing, IP, and Legal

Clear Labs’ Clear Safety Platform Receives AOAC Certification for Listeria Testing

Official Approval from Leading Accreditation Group Follows the Recent Addition of Listeria testing and Environmental Mapping™ capabilities to the Clear Safety™ platform MENLO PARK, CALIF. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Clear Labs, the only automated and intelligent NGS platform purpose-built for food safety testing, today announced that its flagship product, Clear Safety, has received AOAC Performance Tested... Read more

September 23, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10

Danaher Announces Redemption Of Senior Notes

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (“Danaher”) announced today that it will redeem all of its $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.400% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Danaher 2020 Notes”) and all of the $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2020 originally issued by Pall Corporation and subsequently guaranteed... Read more

September 23, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Product Launch

New Multi-frequency Metal Detector Integrates onto Checkweigher Frame to Reduce Footprint

New Multi-frequency Metal Detector Integrates onto Checkweigher Frame to Reduce Footprint The Thermo Scientific Sentinel 3000 multiscan metal detector is the first multi-frequency detector compactly designed for checkweigher combination systems in food production facilities MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A new scanning multi-frequency metal detector is designed to enable food manufacturers and food quality managers... Read more

September 10, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10

Danaher Announces Quarterly Dividend

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share of its common stock, payable on October 25, 2019 to holders of record on September 27, 2019. In addition, Danaher announced today that its Board of Directors... Read more

September 9, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10

Danaher To Webcast Water Quality Platform Investor And Analyst Meeting At Hach

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) will host a live video webcast of its Water Quality Platform Investor and Analyst Meeting at Hach on September 17, 2019 beginning at 8:00 a.m. MT. The event will be held at Danaher’s Hach facility in Loveland, Colorado and hosted by Joakim Weidemanis, Executive Vice President... Read more

September 9, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev

Validated Analytical Workflow Facilitates the Routine Determination of Pesticides in Food Samples

Validated Analytical Workflow Facilitates the Routine Determination of Pesticides in Food Samples New Thermo Scientific Pesticide Explorer workflow provides food testing laboratories with a robust testing solution for the analysis of multi-class pesticides DENVER, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — AOAC 2019 — A new workflow is designed to provide a validated analytical method combining advanced high-performance... Read more

August 26, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Informatics & Software Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Advanced Analytical Solutions, Software and Scientific Insights at Dioxin 2019

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Advanced Analytical Solutions, Software and Scientific Insights at Dioxin 2019 Sensitive and reliable gas chromatography mass spectrometry methods and solutions for the routine determination of harmful contaminants in food and feed samples Thermo Fisher Scientific is showcasing its comprehensive collection of advanced gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) solutions for the validated... Read more

August 26, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev

Xylem and Planet Water Foundation Set to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Half a Million People Annually

Planet Water Foundation will integrate Xylem’s pumping technology across all the non-profit’s humanitarian water filtration and sanitation solutions, impacting up to 500,000 every year RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 26, 2019– During World Water Week 2019, which is set to address the theme of “water for society – including all,” global water technology company Xylem Inc.... Read more