March 22, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Equipment PR/Corporate

Xylem celebrates World Water Day across the globe with launch of month-long employee volunteer challenge

Xylem’s ‘Make Your Mark 30-Day Challenge’ aims to highlight the importance of water and environmental issues through water-related community activities RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 22, 2017– In celebration of World Water Day, Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL) is launching a month-long volunteer challenge for Xylem colleagues across the globe to highlight the importance of water and environmental... Read more

March 21, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

Fabric Genomics and Sentieon Sign Strategic Partnership to Bring Advanced Genomic Analysis Capabilities to the Clinical Market

Technology Collaboration to Power Fabric StandardTM, the Fastest and Most Accurate Secondary Analysis Solution Available March 21, 2017 06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time OAKLAND, Calif. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fabric Genomics, a global computational genomics company, and Sentieon, which develops highly optimized algorithms for bioinformatics applications, today announced a technology partnership that will enhance... Read more

March 21, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships Product Launch

SCIEX and the Children’s Medical Research Institute Announce Opening of ProCan to Advance Precision Medicine

SCIEX industrialised proteomics solutions, using microflow SWATH® Acquisition, will accelerate cancer research March 21, 2017 Framingham, MA U.S.A. and Sydney, Australia — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, has announced that Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) has opened ProCan™, the Australian Cancer Research Foundation International Centre for the Proteome of Human Cancer.... Read more

March 21, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Kailos Genetics Announces Co-marketing Agreement with Illumina, Inc. for Pharmacogenetics Solution for Research

Agreement expands Kailos’ use of market-leading next-generation sequencing solutions March 21, 2017 06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kailos Genetics, a personalized medicine company offering a leading-edge suite of tools for next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based assays, today announced it has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN). Under the terms of the... Read more

March 21, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Agilent Technologies Enhances Exome Sequencing for Clinical Research

New Target Enrichment Product Delivers Deep Coverage of Disease Relevant Content SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 21, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a new target enrichment solution for next-generation DNA sequencing. Agilent SureSelect Clinical Research Exome V2 delivers more than 1,000 additional, disease relevant targets compared to the company’s earlier version of the... Read more

March 21, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Equipment M&A, Partnerships Microscopy Product Launch

MEDIA ADVISORY: DC Water and Xylem to Unveil First Intelligent Wastewater Pumping System

WHAT:   DC Water, one of the nation’s leading water and waste water innovators, and Xylem, a cutting-edge technology company, will celebrate the first intelligent wastewater pumping system in North America.   In the wake of a renewed interest in federal investments in infrastructure, DC Water and Xylem are coming together to highlight the urgent... Read more

March 21, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Thermo Fisher Scientific and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Collaborate to Optimise Advanced Therapy Supply Chain

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To help address the challenges surrounding supply chain management for cell and gene therapy around the globe, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced a collaboration with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) to provide developers with both the manufacturing capability and distribution, logistics, and storage capacity needed... Read more

March 21, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Product Launch

New Comprehensive Carrier Screening Research Assay Features Richest Pan-Ethnic Panel for Detection of Multiple Genetic Variations in Inherited Disease

CARLSBAD, Calif. & PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new high-throughput, microarray-based assay designed to detect more than 6,000 genomic variations associated with inherited disease now provides molecular genetics laboratories with a consolidated and automated, single pan-ethnic solution for expanded carrier status research. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the CarrierScan™ Assay today at the 2017 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting... Read more

March 21, 2017 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

Cleanliness analysis solution all from one partner

How is particle analysis with microscopes important for cleanliness analysis? Nicol Ecke: In contrast to gravimetric measurement or manual measurements of the largest particles with a microscope, automated particle analysis with a microscope provides a complete size distribution of all particles, different measurement parameters, such as length and width, as well as objective and reliable... Read more