October 5, 2017 Lab Top-10 Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

Shimadzu’s New Compact Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrophotometers Offer Exceptional Ease-of-Use and Functionality

Shimadzu announces the release of its IRSpirit series of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometers. The two models, the IRSpirit-T and IRSpirit-L, are equipped with a dedicated IR Pilot program that simplifies analysis and, in spite of their compact size, which is smaller than an A3 size sheet of paper, provide outstanding expandability. Despite their small... Read more

October 5, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Product Launch

QIAGEN launches fourth-generation QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus in the U.S.

NovelCD4/CD8 design delivers most comprehensive evaluation of patients’ immune response to tuberculosis infection Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, October 5, 2017 – QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the U.S. launch of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus (QFT®-Plus), the fourth generation of its leading blood test for tuberculosis (TB) infection. QFT-Plus kits will be available... Read more

October 3, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Product Launch

Roche launches NAVIFY Tumor Board solution to provide decision support to oncology care teams

Basel, 03 October 2017 Roche launches NAVIFY Tumor Board solution to provide decision support to oncology care teams The NAVIFY Tumor Board solution is a new, cloud-based software solution that fundamentally changes the way oncology care teams prepare for, conduct and document clinical treatment decisions for cancer patients It supports care team collaboration and standardizes... Read more

October 2, 2017 Bio/Pharma/CRO Microscopy Product Launch

HORIZON Particle Analysis Launches in Europe at MIBio 2017

  The HORIZON subvisible particle analysis system The HORIZON subvisible particle analysis system PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Halo Labs announces the European launch of their new low volume, high throughput biopharmaceutical particle analysis system called the HORIZON at MIBio 2017 in Cambridge, U.K on October 4th. The new system analyzes subvisible and visible particulate matter in biopharmaceutical samples... Read more

October 2, 2017 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Cellecta, Inc. Introduces CRISPRa and CRISPRi Genome-Wide sgRNA Libraries and Mouse Genome-Wide CRISPR Knockout Library to Expand Functional Genomic Screening Portfolio

Launch of new human and mouse genome-wide CRISPR gene activation and inhibition libraries and mouse knockout library will provide greater insights into gene function and accelerate drug target discovery efforts MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Cellecta, Inc. today introduced CRISPRa (for activation) and CRISPRi (for inhibition) genome-wide, human and mouse pooled screening libraries to its... Read more

October 2, 2017 Life Science Tools Product Launch

NuGEN Introduces Unique Indexing Solutions for Illumina’s High Capacity Sequencing Platforms

San Carlos, California , Oct 02, 2017 Today NuGEN Technologies announces a new line of indexing solutions designed to enable researchers to take full advantage of the latest generation of Illumina sequencers. The three new enhancements include the launch of 96 unique dual index pairs to address index hopping, the incorporation of molecular tags to accurately measure... Read more

September 28, 2017 Informatics & Software Product Launch

MicroLab® Version 11 Software from Spectro Scientific Offers Improved Performance and New Features That Enhance Onsite Oil Analysis Capabilities

MicroLab® Version 11 Software from Spectro Scientific Offers Improved Performance and New Features That Enhance Onsite Oil Analysis Capabilities  (CHELMSFORD, MA – Sept 28, 2017)  Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel and processed water analysis instrumentation and software for fleet applications, has announced the release of MicroLab® Version 11 Software and the introduction... Read more

September 27, 2017 Bio/Pharma/CRO Chromatography Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Shimadzu’s New Nexera FV Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatograph Dramatically Reduces the Time Spent Conducting Dissolution Tests for the Development and Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals

Evaluation of the dissolution of drug products is important in the development and quality control of pharmaceuticals. Especially for generic pharmaceuticals, a dissolution test must be performed to validate their bioequivalence and whether it has been changed by the content and dosage form. Ultraviolet spectrophotometers are mainly used to measure the dissolution amount. However, a... Read more