Danaher Schedules Third Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that it will webcast its quarterly earnings conference call for the third quarter 2019 on Thursday, October 24, 2019 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 Danaher’s... Read more

Agilent Opens State-of-the-Art Spectroscopy Site in the UK

Agilent Opens State-of-the-Art Spectroscopy Site in the UK New facility will be a major research and development hub for molecular spectroscopy SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 9, 2019 Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art facility for spectroscopy research and development at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire,... Read more

Agilent Receives Approval for First PD-L1 Companion Diagnostic in China

Agilent Receives Approval for First PD-L1 Companion Diagnostic in China SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 2, 2019 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, formerly the China Food and Drug Administration) has approved its PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay for use in China. The assay is now approved as... Read more

Bruker Announces Acquisition of Magnettech's EPR Business

FREIBERG, Germany, Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the acquisition of the Magnettech EPR business from Freiberg Instruments GmbH, and the establishment of a related, long-term EPR supply partnership with Freiberg Instruments.  Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.  Magnettech’s benchtop electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) system, the MiniScope MS 5000,... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Enhances Leading Pharma Services Offering by Expanding API Manufacturing Capabilities

Thermo Fisher Scientific Enhances Leading Pharma Services Offering by Expanding API Manufacturing Capabilities Expansion follows the Completion of the Acquisition of GSK Manufacturing Site in Cork, Ireland CORK, Ireland, October 1, 2019 – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announced the expansion of its API manufacturing capabilities following the completion of its... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of GSK Manufacturing Site in Cork, Ireland

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of GSK Manufacturing Site in Cork, Ireland WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for €90 million. Completion of the transaction follows... Read more

TA Instruments Expands ElectroForce Fatigue Testing Capabilities with New 16-Specimen Instrument

 New MSF16 high-capacity and easy-to-use instrument is designed to advance customers’ test programs and shorten their development time   NEW CASTLE, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 1, 2019– Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today introduced the new TA Instruments™ MSF16 Multi-Specimen Fatigue Instrument. The MSF16 extends the capability of accelerated cyclic testing by loading 16 specimens simultaneously, rapidly delivering insights into the... Read more

Illumina and Broad Institute Announce Agreement to Co-Develop Genomic Secondary Analysis Tools

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard today announced they have entered into a collaboration for the co-development of secondary genomic analysis algorithms and software. Top data scientists from both institutions will collaborate to bring together the industry-leading open-source GATK algorithms with the speed and enhanced accuracy of... Read more