Agilent Technologies Joins with LabCentral to Help Advance Scientific Discovery

Strategic Sponsorship Will Provide Innovative Technology and Nurture Promising Biotechnology Startup SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 19, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced a platinum sponsorship agreement with LabCentral, a biotech innovation hub based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LabCentral is an independent, shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential life sciences and biotech... Read more

Agilent Announces Expanded Use of Cancer Diagnostic in the United States

Dako PD-L1 IHC 28-8 PharmDx Approved for Two New Indications SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 19, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cancer diagnostic known as PD-L1 IHC 28-8 pharmDx for use in cases of urothelial carcinoma (UC) and of squamous cell carcinoma... Read more

Illumina Files New Patent Infringement Suit Against Premaitha Health plc

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that the company has filed a new patent infringement suit against Premaitha Health plc in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in the United Kingdom. Illumina is seeking all available remedies, including damages and injunctive relief. The new suit accuses Premaitha’s IONA® Test of infringing... Read more

Phenomenex Announces Direct Sales and Support in Switzerland

Torrance, Calif. (September 5, 2017) – Phenomenex, Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announced today that it will begin to directly serve customers in Switzerland, effective September 1, 2017. For over 26 years, Phenomenex has partnered with local distributer, Brechbühler AG, in pursuing the common... Read more

Shimadzu launches new informatics solutions to deliver actionable data and streamline LC-MS/MS workflows

Kyoto, Japan – September 5, 2017. Shimadzu, one of the world’s fastest growing mass spectrometry companies, today announced the introduction of new informatics solutions to help drive sample analysis by LC-MS/MS technologies for both experienced and non-mass spectrometry users. Bringing together sample management software and data-driven decision making into one simple platform.For many mass spectrometry... Read more

Shimadzu's New Trace Moisture Analysis GC Enables Precise Analysis of PPM Levels of Water

Kyoto, Japan, September 5th, 2017 – Shimadzu Corporation, a leading manufacturer of analytical and medical instruments, announces the release of a trace moisture analysis system utilizing a gas chromatography method. Developed in close collaboration with Dr. Daniel W. Armstrong*1, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), and MilliporeSigma, the... Read more

Phenomenex Publishes Second Edition of Comprehensive Clinical Application Notebook

Torrance, Calif. (August 28, 2017) – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the publication of a new clinical application guide. This 136-page digital notebook is the second edition of the guide and presents 36 updated or entirely new applications developed by PhenoLogix™, Phenomenex’s... Read more

MilliporeSigma to Acquire Natrix Separations to Advance Next-Generation Processing Capabilities

Boosts MilliporeSigma’s single-use chromatography portfolio Accelerates MilliporeSigma’s mAb and vaccine manufacturing offering Billerica, Massachusetts, August 28, 2017 — MilliporeSigma today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Natrix Separations, an Ontario, Canada-based provider of hydrogel membrane products for single-use chromatography. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of 2017. Financial details were not disclosed.... Read more

ADVION UHPLC AND HPLC: HIGH-PERFORMANCE, EASY TO USE LC/CMS WITH THE EXPRESSION CMS

August 20, 2017 – Ithaca, NY/Washington, D.C. – Advion, Inc., a leading systems and consumables developer for the life sciences industry, announced today the release of high-performance, dependable and easy to use UHPLC and HPLC systems. Coupled with expression CMS, Advion’s standout compact mass spectrometer, these provide best-in-class performance UHPLC/CMS and HPLC/CMS for the chemist.... Read more