January 7, 2022 Acad, Gov/Utilities Life Science Tools

Radboud University Medical Center Increases HiFi Sequencing Capacity with PacBio’s Sequel IIe

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, today announced Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands will increase their SMRT sequencing capacity with the addition of two new PacBio Sequel IIe Systems. Radboudumc has been using PacBio long-read technology... Read more

January 6, 2022 Life Science Tools Microscopy

Azenta Life Sciences Expands Fleet of PacBio HiFi Sequencing Systems

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (Nasdaq: PACB) today announced an expansion of its extensive suite of HiFi applications with Azenta Life Sciences, formerly GENEWIZ. The deal will increase PacBio’s HiFi sequencing platforms across Azenta’s newly combined company and support Azenta’s mission to enable life science companies to deliver impactful breakthroughs... Read more

January 3, 2022 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Hold Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Hold Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021 before the market opens on Wednesday, February 2, 2022,... Read more

December 27, 2021 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

DANAHER SCHEDULES FOURTH QUARTER 2021 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced that it will webcast its quarterly earnings conference call for the fourth quarter 2021 on Thursday, January 27, 2022 beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET and lasting approximately 1 hour. The call and an accompanying slide presentation will be webcast on the “Investors” section of... Read more

December 13, 2021 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Microscopy Product Launch

Roche launches the AVENIO Edge System to simplify and automate next-generation sequencing sample preparation, reduce human error and advance precision medicine

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) enables a better understanding of genetic mechanisms linked to specific diseases and is helping drive personalised healthcare Preparing DNA for sequencing libraries is complex and prone to human error, which can interfere with accurate sequencing results The new AVENIO Edge System is a fully-automated solution for the sample preparation workflow, from DNA... Read more

December 9, 2021 Acad, Gov/Utilities Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools

FDA Approves NGS-Based Companion Diagnostic for EGFR Exon20 Insertion Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumor Tissue

FDA Approves NGS-Based Companion Diagnostic for EGFR Exon20 Insertion Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumor Tissue CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic (CDx) to help identify non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients... Read more

December 7, 2021 Atomic Spectroscopy Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

PacBio and UCLA Health Announce Research Collaboration for Whole Genome Sequencing in Rare Diseases

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, and the UCLA Institute for Precision Health and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have formed a research collaboration to further identify the causes of rare diseases. The study will leverage PacBio’s HiFi... Read more

December 2, 2021 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics

Bruker Expects its FluoroType® SARS-CoV-2 varID Q PCR Assay to Reliably Detect and Tentatively Differentiate Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant

Includes robust dual-target SARS-CoV-2 detection and identification of 4 S-gene mutations Reliable detection and even tentative differentiation of Omicron variant expected Validated with the GenoXtract® and GenoXtract ® fleXT extraction system Validated with Bruker’s novel FluoroCycler® XT real-time PCR thermocycler NEHREN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that its established CE-IVD marked FluoroType®... Read more

December 1, 2021 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships Product Launch

Roche completes purchase agreement with long-term partner TIB Molbiol to expand PCR-test portfolio in the fight against new infectious diseases

TIB Molbiol excels in ultra-rapid assay development for emerging infectious disease, strongly demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic The acquisition enables Roche to further expand the portfolio of currently over 45 CE-IVD assays and more than 100 research use assays on Roche’s LightCycler PCR instruments TIB Molbiol will continue to focus on the research and development... Read more

November 29, 2021 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics

PerkinElmer Confirms That Omicron Variant Does Not Impact SARS-CoV-2 Detection Capability of its RT-PCR Assays

Diagnostic accuracy of PerkinElmer’s COVID-19 PCR tests remains unaffected WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 29, 2021– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the performance of its SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assays are not impacted by the emergence of Omicron (B.1.1.529), a variant of concern that was recently identified... Read more