GE Healthcare completes acquisition of BK Medical

BOSTON – December 21, 2021 – GE (NYSE:GE) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of BK Medical, a leader in advanced surgical visualization, from Altaris Capital Partners, LLC.  The companies entered into a definitive agreement for GE to purchase BK Medical for a cash purchase price of $1.45 billion on September... Read more

PerkinElmer to Present Virtually at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 21, 2021– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the Company will present virtually at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. ET. Prahlad Singh, president and chief executive officer of PerkinElmer, will provide an... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Updates TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel to Enable Direct Identification of Omicron Variant

Thermo Fisher Scientific Updates TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel to Enable Direct Identification of Omicron Variant CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced an update to its Applied Biosystems TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel to enable direct detection of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant. The panel is designed... Read more

Xylem Partners with UNESCO to Sponsor Virtual Conference on Water, Megacities and Global Change

RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 21, 2021– Global water technology company, Xylem, announced today that it will partner with UNESCO to sponsor the Second International Conference on Water, Megacities and Global Change, EauMega 2022. The virtual conference will bring together scientists, policy makers, operators, and civil society to address the challenges in providing water services for... Read more

PerkinElmer India Welcomes Everest Instruments as its Primary, In-Country Channel Partner for Milk and Dairy Testing Solutions

DELHI, India, December, 20, 2021 — PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, is set to provide customers with even greater access to its extensive and innovative dairy testing portfolio as it welcomes Everest Instrument Pvt. Ltd as its head dairy solutions distributor in India. Everest Instruments is a leading,... Read more

Bruker Introduces Fast BioAFM for Automated Mechanobiology

Novel, high-performance JPK NanoWizard V enables new dynamic mechanobiology research capabilities with option for seamless optical microscope integration BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bruker today announced the release of the JPK NanoWizard® V BioAFM, a novel system that marks a milestone in automation and ease of use for life science atomic force microscopy research. NanoWizard V is a... Read more