BD Expands Genomics Portfolio with New Single Cell Platform for RNA Expression Analysis

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of BD Rhapsody, a platform for single cell analysis with the ability to detect rare molecules responsible for biological diversity that are often missed with whole transcriptome profiling.  Developed using the company’s... Read more

“Top Performance” Varispenser 2 and Varispenser 2x –The new Uncompromising Solution for the most Demanding dispensing Applications

New! Uncompromising from the bottom to the top – Eppendorf Varispenser® 2 and Varispenser® 2x Hamburg, August 2017 Bottletop dispensers are needed in any lab where aggressive solutions like lyes, acids, bases or solvents are dispensed from large supply bottles. Bottletop dispensers need to be universally applicable and of uncompromising quality. As a specialist for... Read more

Bruker Announces Acquisition of Field-Portable Platform for Fast and Universal Immunoassay-Detection of Bacteria, Viruses and Toxins

LEIPZIG, Germany, Aug. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker today announced the closing of a technology platform and product line acquisition to further expand its range of bacterial, viral and toxin detection solutions for homeland security bio-detection and for selected microbiology applications.  Financial details were not disclosed. The acquired assets include intellectual property, a field-portable, electrochemical chip-based detection... Read more

Hamilton Releases Latest Addition to PSD/4 Precision Syringe Drive Product Line

New PSD/4 Smooth Flow blends enhanced slow flow rates with precision dispensing for increased application flexibility across a wide volume range Reno, Nev. (July 28, 2017) – Hamilton Company expands its PSD/4 precision syringe drive product family with the launch of PSD/4 Smooth Flow. The new PSD/4 Smooth Flow delivers exact flow rates in nanoliters... Read more

BD Transforms Microbiology Urine Testing

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced new technology that can automatically report and release negative urine cultures. Every day, medical laboratory professionals spend a significant amount of time reviewing urine samples. Because up to 70 percent of these samples... Read more

COPAN Diagnostics Launching First Fully Automated Instrument for Preparing Pour Plate Total Viable Counts (TVCs) at IAFP 2017

Milky Way for Preparing Pour Plate Total Viable Counts TAMPA, Fla., July 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The MilkyWay is heading to the Sunshine State. COPAN Diagnostics, Inc. will unveil MilkyWay, the first fully automated instrument for preparing pour plate total viable bacterial counts on liquid samples, at the International Association for Food Protection Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida today. The... Read more

DiaSorin and Tecan to collaborate in new platform development

Saluggia, Italy and Männedorf, Switzerland, June 23, 2017 – DiaSorin (FTSE Italy Mid Cap: DIA) and Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that they have agreed to collaborate in a development under which DiaSorin will make use of Tecan’s Fluent® Laboratory Automation Solution as its Nucleic Acid extraction platform. The new platform will... Read more

New Eppendorf Pipette Holder System

New Eppendorf Pipette Holder System Hamburg, June 2017 Carousels, stands and wall mount devices: The new Pipette Holder System is perfect for all users of handheld liquid handling instruments, who need a highly flexible system for their Eppendorf pipettes and Multipettes®. Carousels and stands provide a robust design with a small footprint. To save precious... Read more

Waters and Andrews Alliance Sign Co-Marketing Agreement: Firms to Co-Market New Semi-Automated Sample Preparation Approach for Protein Therapeutics Glycosylation Profiling

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and Andrew Alliance today announced they have signed an agreement that will bring drug development scientists an easy-to-use, semi-automated sample preparation approach for released N-glycan profiling and analysis by LC and LC-MS. Under the co-marketing agreement, Waters will combine its existing Glycoworks™ RapiFluor-MS™ (RFMS) N-Glycan Kits with an Andrew pipetting robot that... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific and BIOCRATES Life Sciences Launch Industry’s First Kit for Comprehensive Metabolome Analysis

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, a global leader in metabolic phenotyping, today launched a ready-to-use kit for accurate and confident metabolic phenotyping on high resolution mass spectrometry instruments. As part of a co-marketing agreement, the companies will jointly promote and market the combined use of... Read more