June 1, 2021 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Equipment M&A, Partnerships

Avantor Acquires RIM Bio; Expands Bioproduction Footprint into China

Changzhou, China, operations become Avantor’s first single-use production facility in AMEA region; doubles Avantor’s global single-use cleanroom space Adds proprietary technologies to Avantor’s bioprocessing manufacturing capabilities to meet growing global demand for single-use solutions RADNOR, Pa. and SHANGHAI, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —  Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the... Read more

June 1, 2021 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev

1 Trillion Gallons of Water Being Recycled Using Xylem Technology

Company’s 2020 Sustainability Report tracks progress in tackling critical global challenges of water access, affordability and resilience Helping customers reuse 4.3B m3 of water, or more than 1 trillion gallons, equivalent to almost two million Olympic swimming pools Technology kept 1.4B m3 of polluted water from potentially flooding communities and entering waterways Assisted 4.1M underserved... Read more

June 1, 2021 Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Bruker Launches timsTOF SCP for Unbiased Single Cell 4D-Proteomics and Next-gen timsTOF Pro 2 with Unprecedented Proteomic Depth

Unique timsTOF SCP revolutionizes quantitative single cell biology research with unbiased, deep single-cell 4D-Proteomics™ to complement scRNA-seq; breakthrough paper by Mann et al. identifies and quantifies >1,400 proteins in single cells Next-generation timsTOF Pro 2 with unprecedented depth and throughput for unbiased 4D-Proteomics; supports liquid biopsy multiomic biomarker research, integrating genomics with proteomics and epiproteomics;... Read more

June 1, 2021 Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Bruker Launches timsTOF trueSCP for Unbiased Single Cell 4D-Proteomics and Next-gen timsTOF Pro 2 with Unprecedented Proteomic Depth

Unique timsTOF trueSCP revolutionizes quantitative single cell biology research with unbiased, deep single-cell 4D-Proteomics™ to complement scRNA-seq; breakthrough paper by Mann et al. identifies and quantifies >1,400 proteins in single cells Next-generation timsTOF Pro 2 with unprecedented depth and throughput for unbiased 4D-Proteomics; supports liquid biopsy multiomic biomarker research, integrating genomics with proteomics and epiproteomics;... Read more

June 1, 2021 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Life Science Tools

Illumina Supports Nationwide Program across Belgium to Assess Whole Genome Sequencing for Developmental Disorders Diagnosis

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced an agreement with the Belgian Genetic Centers to evaluate whole-genome sequencing (WGS) for the diagnosis of patients with intellectual disabilities (ID) and/or developmental disorders (DD) in routine care. The study, run by the Belgian Resolve Rare Diseases group (BeSolveRD), will also assess the health economic impact of WGS... Read more

May 31, 2021 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships

Illumina and Next Generation Genomic Partner to Launch VeriSeq™ NIPT Solution in Thailand

MELBOURNE, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc., the global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies and Next Generation Genomic Co., Ltd. (NGG Thailand), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders in laboratory services and reproductive science, today announced the launch of VeriSeq™ NIPT Solution v2 in Thailand, a CE-IVD, next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based approach to noninvasive prenatal... Read more

May 28, 2021 Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships

GE Healthcare, NSIA and IFC Partner to Strengthen Medical Equipment Financing Support Across Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa, May 28, 2021—To help small businesses in Africa’s health sector strengthen their response to COVID-19 and other pressing healthcare challenges, GE Healthcare and NSIA Banque Côte d’Ivoire have partnered with IFC’s Africa Medical Equipment Facility to support healthcare providers in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda access essential medical... Read more

May 27, 2021 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10

Danaher To Present At Jefferies Healthcare Conference

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Matt McGrew, will be presenting at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The video will be simultaneously webcast on www.danaher.com.   ABOUT DANAHERDanaher is a global science and technology innovator... Read more

May 27, 2021 Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics

Welsh Lighthouse Laboratory Extends Contract with PerkinElmer for its COVID-19 Solutions

Company’s RT-PCR kits and workflow solutions will continue to safeguard capacity for NHS Test and Trace laboratory WALTHAM, Mass. – May 27, 2021 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that its contract to operate the NHS Test and Trace Newport Lighthouse laboratory has been extended through... Read more

May 27, 2021 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics

Thermo Fisher Scientific's TaqPath COVID-19 CE-IVD RT-PCR Kit Now Available for the Incoming International Travel Quarantine Protocol Testing in the United Kingdom

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s TaqPath COVID-19 CE-IVD RT-PCR Kit Now Available for the Incoming International Travel Quarantine Protocol Testing in the United Kingdom Highly Sensitive and Accurate COVID-19 PCR Testing Kits Available to Increase Testing Availability INCHINNAN, Scotland, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that its TaqPath... Read more