Integrated DNA Technologies appoints LubioScience as distributors in Switzerland

Researchers in Switzerland no longer need to import IDT products; local expertise facilitates ordering SKOKIE, IL (May 2, 2017) – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), has signed a distributor agreement withLubioScience GmbH (LubioScience), based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Through LubioScience, researchers in Switzerland will benefit from local access to IDT’s full range of high quality reagents for... Read more

PerkinElmer Completes Sale of Medical Imaging Business to Varex Imaging

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the company has completed the sale of its Medical Imaging business to Varex Imaging Corporation (Nasdaq: VREX). PerkinElmer announced its intent to sell its Medical Imaging business, a supplier of flat panel X-ray detectors that... Read more

Twist Bioscience Appoints Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – May 1, 2017 – Twist Bioscience, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, today announced the appointment of Mark Daniels to the newly-created position of chief ethics and compliance officer. Mr. Daniels will maintain his current position as Twist Bioscience’s general counsel, and in his expanded role,... Read more

BASi Announces Appointment of Scientific Advisor

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Company Contact: Jill Blumhoff Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Finance Phone: 765.497.8381 jblumhoff@BASinc.com WEST LAFAYETTE, IN, May 1, 2017 — Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASI) (“BASi” or the “Company”) today announced its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Peter T. Kissinger, founder and former Executive Chairman and CEO of BASi, as... Read more

Logos Biosystems Releases the CELENA S Digital Imaging System, an Advanced Imaging Workflow Solution

ANYANG, South Korea, April 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Logos Biosystems announced the launch of the new CELENA S Digital Imaging System with an onstage incubator. The multipurpose CELENA S is designed to simplify high-resolution fluorescence, brightfield, and phase contrast imaging for novices and experts alike. The CELENA S Digital Imaging System is a fully integrated... Read more

Chairman to Take Medical Leave of Absence

28/04/2017 The Board of Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that Dr John Hughes, non-executive Chairman, has taken leave of absence in order to undergo medical treatment. Russell King, Senior Independent Director, will assume the Chair until John’s return or the appointment of his successor on completion of the... Read more

LPC: US loan market welcomes M&A surge

By Lynn Adler and Jonathan Schwarzberg NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) – US companies have lined up at least US$42.5bn of loans to back a flurry of mergers in sectors ranging from healthcare to food and software in the second quarter as corporations try to grow by acquisition. Becton Dickinson’s US$24bn takeover of C R... Read more