May 1, 2020 Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

PerkinElmer Launches 5-in-1 Antibiotic-Detection Assays for Farmed Shrimp as Part of High-Throughput Workflow Solution

New MaxSignalTM HTS Nitrofurans and Chloramphenicol ELISA Kits combined with automation platform brings streamlined sample prep, faster testing and < 0.1ppb result sensitivity WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the introductionof its MaxSignalTM HTS Nitrofurans and Chloramphenicol ELISA Kits, which will help food safety, quality and aquaculture... Read more

April 28, 2020 Process Analytical Instr. Product Launch

MKS Announces Precisive Gas Analyzer for Methane Measurement

Optimizing Operation of Internal Combustion Engines Andover, Mass., – April 28, 2020 – MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced availability of the Precisive® Gas Analyzer for methane number measurement in gas fuel monitoring and control applications. The Precisive Gas Analyzer monitors fuel... Read more

April 28, 2020 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships Product Launch

Hamilton and IMCS Jointly Develop affinityPure™ STAR Assay Ready Workstation to Aid Coronavirus Research

April 28, 2020 Robust Workflow Solution Enables Rapid, High Throughput Protein Affinity Purifications Reno, Nev. (April 28, 2020) – Hamilton Company and Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems (IMCS) introduce the affinityPure™ STAR assay ready workstation as part of their ongoing collaboration. The solution, based on Hamilton’s Microlab® STAR™ automated liquid handler, is pre-configured and qualified to automate high-throughput, small-scale affinity purification workflows.... Read more

April 28, 2020 Licensing, IP, and Legal Product Launch

New 6-year data for Roche’s OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) show earlier treatment initiation nearly halves risk of needing walking aid in relapsing multiple sclerosis

Post-hoc analysis from 6 years of Phase III open-label extension studies showed OCREVUS treatment reduced the risk of needing a walking aid (EDSS≥6) by 49% in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) patients compared with patients who switched from interferon beta-1a two years later Separate analysis showed OCREVUS slowed thalamic volume loss in patients with RMS and... Read more

April 27, 2020 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

WITec Reveals New Generation alpha300 apyron – Automated Raman Imaging Microscope with AutoBeam™ Technology.

Self-aligning, self-optimizing system keeps the focus on results. Ulm, Germany  April 28th, 2020 WITec GmbH, pioneer of Raman imaging and correlative microscopy, establishes the next level of automation and user-friendliness with the introduction of the new alpha300 apyron. Its AutoBeam technology unlocks the full potential of WITec’s industry-leading alpha300 series. The alpha300 apyron’s entirely new... Read more

April 27, 2020 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

New Blood Test Helps Clinicians Pinpoint A Potentially Life-Threatening Sensitization to Insect Stings

New Blood Test Helps Clinicians Pinpoint A Potentially Life-Threatening Sensitization to Insect Stings Thermo Scientific ImmunoCAP Specific IgE Stinging Insect Allergen Components identify patients’ sensitization to specific proteins in insect venom that may cause anaphylaxis and other allergic symptoms PORTAGE, Mich., April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ImmunoCAP Specific IgE Stinging Insect Allergen Components have been... Read more

April 23, 2020 Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

HORIBA Scientific Launches FLUOROLOG-QM Modular Research Grade Spectrofluorometer

4th Generation Fluorolog covers the broadest range of luminescence research Piscataway, NJ April 23rd, 2020   HORIBA Scientific, global leader in measurement and analysis solutions for research and industry, and world leader in Fluorescence solutions, is thrilled to announce the debut of the Fluorolog-QM, the 4th generation Fluorolog. The Fluorolog-QM is the fourth generation of the world famous Fluorolog, all... Read more

April 23, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches CE/IVD Marked Immunosuppressants Panel for the Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches CE/IVD Marked Immunosuppressants Panel for the Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer The Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer and Cascadion SM Immunosuppressants Panel now available for accurate measurement of four immunosuppressant drugs in whole blood VANTAA, Finland, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announced today that... Read more

April 21, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. Product Launch

Bio-Rad Begins Shipping SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) Antibody Test That Offers More Than 99 Percent Specificity and 98 Percent Sensitivity

Date: 04/21/2020 HERCULES, Calif. –Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the commercial launch of its SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab test, a blood-based immunoassay kit to help determine if an individual has developed antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus associated with COVID-19 disease. Bio-Rad has... Read more