June 19, 2017 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

PerkinElmer to Acquire EUROIMMUN for Approximately $1.3 Billion

Accelerates revenue and earnings growth by adding leading positions in autoimmune and allergy diagnostics and strengthens leadership in China and other emerging markets Significant opportunity to leverage technologies, strong market positions and synergistic commercial activities to deliver better solutions across an expanding customer base Highly compelling deployment of capital, significantly advancing PerkinElmer’s strategic priorities and... Read more

June 16, 2017 M&A, Partnerships PR/Corporate

PRECIPIO AND TRANSGENOMIC ANNOUNCE EXPERTS FROM YALE AND HARVARD JOINING NEW SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD TO SUPPORT MERGED COMPANY’S GROWTH INITIATIVES

Distinguished Experts in Disease Diagnosis and Diagnostics Technology Bring World Class Scientific Acumen and Insight to Help Guide the New Merged Company’s Expansion and Growth Other Recent Pre-Merger Developments Include EPO Decision to Grant Patent Protection in Europe for Transgenomic’s Multiplexed ICE COLD-PCR and Completion of Reverse Stock Split NEW HAVEN, Conn. and OMAHA, Neb.,... Read more

June 16, 2017 Molecular Spectroscopy PR/Corporate

Rigaku Analytical Devices to present feature enhancements to handheld Raman analyzer at IAFC Hazmat Response Teams Conference

New capabilities of Rigaku Progeny ResQ 1064nm handheld Raman will streamline user’s incident response Wilmington, MA, – June 16, 2017 – Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce that Rigaku Analytical Devices, a leading provider of innovative handheld spectrometers, will be demonstrating feature enhancements of its Rigaku Progeny ResQ handheld 1064nm Raman analyzer, this week at... Read more

June 15, 2017 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Twist Bioscience and the BioBricks Foundation Announce First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Provide 10,000 Public-Benefit Genes to the Synthetic Biology Community

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Twist Bioscience, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, and the BioBricks Foundation today announced a groundbreaking agreement to provide 10,000 genes to the synthetic biology community. Under the terms of the agreement, the BioBricks Foundation (BBF) will pay for synthesis of 10,000 genes from... Read more

June 15, 2017 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Alpaqua Introduces The Magnum FLX®24 Universal 24-well Magnet Plate Based On Its Patented Solid-Core Ring Magnet Technology

Enabling Product for Automated, Large Volume cell free DNA (cfDNA) Isolation The Magnum FLX24 Universal 24-well Magnet Plate provides unprecedented flexibility for large volume, magnetic bead-based extractions of nucleic acids or proteins with the quality and speed you have come to expect from Alpaqua magnet plates. The Magnum … BEVERLY, Mass., June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/... Read more

June 15, 2017 Lab Equipment Product Launch

New TwinGuard® -86˚C Upright Freezers Include New Generation Cooling System Based on Patented Auto-Cascade Refrigeration Technology

Panasonic Healthcare TwinGuard -86˚C freezers are available in two upright cabinet sizes of 18.6 cu.ft. and 25.8 cu.ft. (shown). (Photo: Business Wire) June 15, 2017 10:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time WOOD DALE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Panasonic Healthcare Corporation of North America celebrates 50 years of innovation in the laboratory equipment industry this year. To mark the occasion,... Read more