20 January, 2021 Apricot Designs’ product breadth further expands SPT Labtech’s liquid handling portfolio and advances leadership in the automated instrumentation market SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces the acquisition of Apricot Designs Inc., headquartered in Covina, California. Apricot Designs has... Read more
GERMANTOWN, Maryland, and HILDEN, Germany, January 20 2021–QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it plans to resubmit in the first quarter of 2021 its QIAreach SARS CoV-2 Antigen Test to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization to detect SARS-CoV-2 antigens in people with active infections in... Read more
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court, issued a judgment in its favor in the patent infringement suit filed against the BGI Companies, MGI Tech Co. Ltd; Latvia MGI SIA; MGI International Sales Co., Ltd; and BGI Complete Genomics Hong Kong Co., Ltd. The... Read more
Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, January 20, 2021 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced its polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests remain accurate and effective in detecting SARS-CoV-2 infections – and will continue to closely monitor their performance as global concerns mount regarding the detection of new viral variants by established... Read more
Company Release – 1/19/2021Download the PDF version PDF Format (opens in new window)PDF 112 KB GLENVIEW, Ill. and WALLINGFORD, Conn., Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW), a global multi-industrial manufacturing leader, and Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH), a leading global provider of high-technology interconnect, antenna and sensor solutions, today announced that they... Read more
Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Point-of-Care Molecular Diagnostics Provider Mesa Biotech WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mesa Biotech, Inc., a privately held molecular diagnostic company, for approximately $450 million in cash.... Read more
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mesa Biotech, Inc., a privately held molecular diagnostic company, for approximately $450 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Thermo Fisher will pay up to an additional $100 million in cash upon the... Read more
Shimadzu signs a collaboration agreement with TOTAL, a major Energy player and two European universities.Toward the Development of an Innovative “Oxygenated compound analysis system” for Biofuel Research Read more