July 20, 2021 M&A, Partnerships

Pacific Biosciences and Invitae Announce Intent to Expand Collaboration

Collaboration to develop production-scale HiFi Sequencing platformexpected to Include technology from Omniome, Inc. Combining both highly accurate long and short read sequencing technologies expected to provide deeper clinical insights and lower the overall cost of analysis MENLO PARK, Calif., July 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB)(“Pacific Biosciences” or “PacBio”),... Read more

July 20, 2021 M&A, Partnerships

Pacific Biosciences Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Omniome

Combination aims to transform the genomics landscape and deliver a differentiated product offering into high growth clinical markets Brings together Omniome’s high accuracy short-read sequencing platform, with PacBio’s market leading, high accuracy long-read solutions Transaction supported by concurrent $300 million PIPE financing from premier life science investors MENLO PARK, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, July 20,... Read more

July 20, 2021 Uncategorized

Japan becomes first country to approve Ronapreve (casirivimab and imdevimab) for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19

Full approval is based on a global phase III trial which found casirivimab and imdevimab reduced hospitalisation or death by 70% in high-risk non-hospitalised patients Basel, 20 July 2021 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Ronapreve™(casirivimab and imdevimab), for the treatment... Read more

July 19, 2021 Molecular Spectroscopy PAI Top-10

WITec and attocube launch cryoRaman

Technology leaders combine expertise for very low-temperature Raman imaging Ulm, Germany – Haar, Germany July 20, 2021 Raman imaging innovator WITec GmbH and cryogenic microscopy specialist attocube systems AG have jointly introduced cryoRaman. This cryogenic Raman imaging system integrates attocube’s leading-edge cryostat and nanopositioner technology with the vaunted sensitivity and modularity of WITec’s alpha300 correlative... Read more

July 19, 2021 PR/Corporate

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results Call

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its second quarter 2021 financial results on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at 4:30pm Eastern Time. The call will be webcast and may be accessed at Pacific Biosciences’ website at: https://investor.pacificbiosciences.com/. Date:... Read more

July 19, 2021 Uncategorized

Xylem Innovation Cuts Treatment Clarification Costs, Delivers 80% Reduction Of Solids With Reduced Maintenance

Flow Capacity Increases Up To 100% With Leopold TexlerTM Lamella Clarifier Breakthrough Design Uses Inclined Hydrophobic Geotextile Lamella Sheets To Increase Water Production RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 19, 2021– Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), has today unveiled a breakthrough solution to support the efficient removal of solids in water treatment applications. Xylem’s new Leopold... Read more

July 19, 2021 Acad, Gov/Utilities Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Hematology Oncology NGS Portfolio

Immune repertoire assays offer high detection rates of malignant clones, empowering researchers to better assess blood cancers CARLSBAD, Calif., July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced a new suite of Ion Torrent Oncomine immune repertoire assays designed to detect potentially malignant clones of T-cells and B-cells, which play a key role in the immune... Read more

July 19, 2021 PAI Top-10 Product Launch

New data for Roche’s Hemlibra reinforce safety profile in people with haemophilia A

Final analysis from the phase IIIb STASEY study, including data from 193 people with haemophilia A, further support the benefit/risk profile of Hemlibra, with no new safety signals identified1 STASEY is one of the largest open-label studies primarily assessing safety and tolerability of a medicine for people with haemophilia A with factor VIII inhibitors Hemlibra... Read more

July 15, 2021 Atomic Spectroscopy Product Launch

SPECTRO Introduces SPECTROMAXx LMX09 ARC/SPARK OES Analyzer

July 15, 2021 SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has announced the newest version of its SPECTROMAXx ARC/SPARK OES analyzer with next-generation improvements for the ultra-reliable advanced analysis of incoming and outgoing materials at metal producing and fabricating plants. Perhaps the industry’s best-selling OES analyzers, SPECTROMAXx instruments are a critical element of supply chains worldwide.  The introduction of... Read more

July 15, 2021 Atomic Spectroscopy Microscopy Product Launch

Researchers Achieve Extraordinary Spatial Resolution for In-situ Atomic Resolution TEM Using New Luminary Micro Technique

Materials science researchers in Japan have achieved extraordinary in-situ Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) experiments using a new Luminary Micro laser technique. They succeeded in recording atomic-resolution in-situ movies of growing carbon nanotubes and onion-shaped carbon nano structures. The structures were formed by laser irradiation of samples made of carbon films and iron nanoparticles. This experiment... Read more