May 13, 2021 Atomic Spectroscopy Microscopy PAI Top-10

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 2021 FY2021 (April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021) [UNAUDITED]

This article is translated from press release in Japanese for your convenience. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this news release, other than those based on historical fact, concerning the current plans, prospects, strategies and expectations of the Company and its Group represent forecasts of future results. While such statements are based on the conclusions of management... Read more

May 12, 2021 Lab Top-10 Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships PAI Top-10

PerkinElmer Expands Cell Biology Leadership with Agreement to Acquire Nexcelom Bioscience

Highly complementary cell counting and analysis capabilities bolster preclinical portfolio and enhance QA/QC capabilities in cell and gene therapy and biologics manufacturing WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 12, 2021– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nexcelom Bioscience for $260 Million in cash. The transaction is expected to close... Read more

May 12, 2021 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Liq. Handling & Robotics

Cancer Therapy Targets in Chromosome Instability

At the Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability Laboratory at Fundación Instituto Leloir (Argentina), Dr. Vanesa Gottifredi works under the hypothesis that DNA replication is a valid target for cancer therapy. DNA is essential for our development, survival and reproduction. However, DNA is constantly undergoing damage from a variety of factors, including byproducts of our metabolism,... Read more

May 12, 2021 Acad, Gov/Utilities M&A, Partnerships

Canada’s FortisBC Energy Selects Xylem for Advanced Gas Network

One million Sonix IQ meters to help increase safety and reliability in 20-year technology and services agreement RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 12, 2021– Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water and resource management technology company, is working with FortisBC Energy Inc. in British Columbia to deploy a Sensus advanced gas meter network. FortisBC serves... Read more

May 12, 2021 Uncategorized

MKS Instruments Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend

ANDOVER, Mass., May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share, a ten percent Read more

May 11, 2021 Licensing, IP, and Legal Liq. Handling & Robotics

Brooks to Participate in the 16th Annual Needham Virtual Technology & Media Conference

Brooks to Participate in the 16th Annual Needham Virtual Technology & Media Conference CHELMSFORD, Mass., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that company management will participate in the 16th  Annual Needham Virtual Technology & Media Conference on Thursday, May 20, 2021 which includes a webcast beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. ... Read more

May 11, 2021 Licensing, IP, and Legal Life Science Tools

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US, upholds jury decision to invalidate certain PacBio patents

Tue 11th May 2021 Today the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a unanimous Precedential Opinion and Judgment affirming the jury’s March 2020 verdict in the PacBio v. Oxford Nanopore case, that invalidated a number of PacBio patents.  This has been a long running dispute in which Oxford Nanopore has repeatedly prevailed.  In... Read more

May 11, 2021 Clinical Research/Diagn. PAI Top-10 Product Launch

Roche to present data from one of the most comprehensive oncology portfolios at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting showcasing advancements for people living with cancer

Data from the first positive phase III study of a cancer immunotherapy in early, resected lung cancer Studies in personalised healthcare exploring tumour agnostic treatments that demonstrate the impact of coupling biomarker testing with targeted therapies to develop individualised treatment plans New data, and drug combination strategies for the treatment of lymphoma from the largest... Read more

May 10, 2021 M&A, Partnerships Molecular Spectroscopy

Sensirion fully acquires infrared spectrometer specialist IRsweep

10 May 2021, Sensirion Holding AG, 8712 Stäfa, Switzerland Sensirion Holding AG, a leading provider of environmental and flow sensor solutions, completes the acquisition of IRsweep AG, an innovative provider of optical sensing solutions. IRsweep, based in Stäfa, Switzerland, develops, manufactures, and supplies optical spectroscopy solutions based on semiconductor quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency comb... Read more