News about product and service launches
cobas® pure integrated solutions brings together three diagnostic technologies1 on a single platform to optimise space and resources in small to medium laboratory settings With a footprint of just two square meters, this new analyser provides small to medium sized labs with access to more than 230 diagnostic tests2 across a wide-range of disease areas... Read more
At a time when clinicians need quick insights at the point of care, Vscan Air, a pocket-sized ultrasound, enters the market as one of the smallest and lightweight handheld devices without compromising crystal clear image quality and secure data sharing Vscan Air increases access to precise care, helping improve workflow efficiencies and patient outcomes through... Read more
WALTHAM, Mass. – March 16, 2021 – EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer, Inc. company, today announced the launch of the EUROPatternTM Microscope Live (EPML) compact immunofluorescence microscope, available with the fourth generation of the Company’s well-established EUROLabOfficeTM 4.0 (ELO 4.0) laboratory management software. The combined system of hardware and software allows for ultrafast automated immunofluorescence image acquisition,... Read more
The cobas SARS-CoV-2 Variant Set 1 Test is designed to detect key spike mutations in virus variants associated with increased human-to-human transmission Accurate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 mutations can help assess the spread of circulating variants and monitor their potential impact on therapeutics, vaccines and public health interventions Periodic assessments against emerging variants have... Read more
Integrated technology provides a true system approach to gas chromatography SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 15, 2021 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the Agilent 8697 Headspace Sampler, the first headspace sampler with integrated gas chromatography communication. It marks the expansion of intelligence capability that was first launched with the Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC System in... Read more
Mar 10, 2021 PCR Biosystems, the UK-based specialists in DNA and RNA analysis, have launched a range of IsoFast™ Bst Polymerase reagents for rapid, robust and sensitive DNA and RNA amplification. Through its nucleic acid strand displacement capabilities, Bst polymerase eliminates the need for the high temperature denaturation step associated with traditional Taq enzymes. This enables faster... Read more
Panel designed to provide surveillance of ongoing mutations of virus that causes COVID-19 CARLSBAD, Calif., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of its Applied Biosystems TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel, a customizable menu of 22 verified real-time PCR assays for identification of SARS-CoV-2 mutations.... Read more
Company expands SARS-CoV-2 assay portfolio with RT-PCR and next generation sequencing solutions to identify mutations associated with SARS-CoV-2 variants WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 9, 2021– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI) today announced the launch of two Research Use Only (RUO) solutions, PKamp™ VariantDetect™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay and Next Generation Sequencing-based NEXTFLEX® Variant-Seq™ SARS-CoV-2 Kit. Using nucleic acid extracted... Read more
Roman Fischer of Oxford University demonstrates high-throughput 4D proteomicson non-depleted, untreated plasma identifying >350 protein groups with short 10-20 minute methods, enabling high throughput, robust biomarker discovery OmicEra Diagnostics reports running 720 undepleted serum samples from 31 COVID-19 patients over just 12 days on a single timsTOF Pro system at a rate of 60 samples/day,... Read more
Hamburg, March 2021 Eppendorf has developed the brand new VisioNize pipette manager and is on its way towards digitalization in manual pipetting. The system is ideal for scientists who manage a high workload and require many intricate pipetting steps. Technology solutions are here to help scientists improve speed, accuracy, and efficiency and collaboration. This is... Read more