Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 80,000 shares of... Read more

Illumina and Kartos Therapeutics Announce New Oncology Partnership to Develop an NGS-Based TP53 Companion Diagnostic

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Kartos Therapeutics, Inc. are pleased to announce a new partnership to co-develop a TP53 companion diagnostic (CDx) based on the content of Illumina’s comprehensive genomic profiling assay, TruSight™ Oncology 500 (TSO 500). This companion diagnostic for multiple hematologic indications will be the first to use TSO 500 with... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 80,000 shares of... Read more

JEOL USA Welcomes New Managing Director, Hidetaka Sawada

April 19, 2021 Peabody, Mass. — JEOL USA welcomes a new Managing Director, Dr. Hidetaka Sawada, to its Peabody, Massachusetts office this April. Dr. Sawada is a world-renowned expert in aberration corrected electron microscopy. Most recently he served as General Manager of the Technical and Development group in the Electron Microscopy Business Unit of JEOL,... Read more

New data for Roche’s OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) reinforce significant benefit on slowing disease progression in relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis

85% of treatment-naïve, early-stage relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients achieved no evidence of disease activity (NEDA) in open-label Phase IIIb ENSEMBLE study OCREVUS significantly slowed loss of brain tissue within T2 MRI lesions in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) in post-hoc analysis of Phase III ORATORIO study OCREVUS-treated patients show highest adherence and persistence rates... Read more

BioLife Solutions Launches New High Capacity Controlled Rate Freezer Line with First Shipment to a Leading Cell Therapy Developer

BOTHELL, Wash., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS) (“BioLife” or the “Company”), a leading developer and supplier of a portfolio of class-defining bioproduction products and services for cell and gene therapies, today announced that it has launched a new line of high capacity controlled rate freezers (HCRF), with an initial shipment to a leading cell therapy... Read more

Expansion of Lonza’s Automated Robotic Solution for Endotoxin Testing Automates Sustainable Recombinant Factor C Assay

12 Apr 2021 Downloads News Release PDF The PyroTec® PRO Automated Solution combined with the PyroWave® Reader option expands the range of endotoxin testing types available on the platform to now include the PyroGene® Recombinant Factor C assay The addition of the PyroWave® XM Fluorescent Reader complements the existing absorbance readers used in traditional LAL-based assays Full integration with... Read more

FDA Authorizes New High-Throughput, Automated System for Leading COVID-19 Test

The Amplitude Solution with the TaqPath COVID-19 High-Throughput Combo Kit enables laboratories to rapidly scale high-sensitivity PCR testing capacity as schools and employers seek increased testing to support reopening strategies WALTHAM, Mass., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug... Read more

Bio-Techne Announces Commercial Release of Abby Automated Western System for Simple Western and Introduces Stellar Modules for Jess

Abby is the next generation chemiluminescence Western protein analyzer and Stellar modules set the standard for fluorescence sensitivity MINNEAPOLIS, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) today announced that ProteinSimple, a Bio-Techne brand, released Abby, its next generation chemiluminescence system that automates traditional Western blotting.  This latest addition to the Simple Western product family offers... Read more

New Roche data at 2021 AAN highlight impact and breadth of expanding neuroscience portfolio

EVRYSDI 2-year FIREFISH Part 2 data show improvement in motor function in infants with Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) OCREVUS data show its consistent benefit on slowing disease progression in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primary progressive MS (PPMS) Data for ENSPRYNG in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) reinforce safety and efficacy, including in... Read more