July 10, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10

PerkinElmer and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Launch Trial to Evaluate Performance Characteristics for High-Volume Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Platform

International Conference on Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy (ISPD), Booth #15,  Antwerp, Belgium – July 10, 2018 – PerkinElmer, Inc.,  a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced a collaboration with Women & Infants Hospital (WIH) of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, to evaluate an innovative test method using the... Read more

July 10, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10

Heal to Offer Advanced Diagnostic Tests to U.S. Allergy Sufferers During Convenient House Calls

Heal to Offer Advanced Diagnostic Tests to U.S. Allergy Sufferers During Convenient House Calls Physicians can now order and obtain Thermo Fisher Scientific allergic sensitization tests for patients in connection with in-home or in-office visits, helping diagnose and treat respiratory and food allergies more personally and conveniently KALAMAZOO, Mich., July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Heal, a... Read more

July 9, 2018 Lab Top-10 Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

PerkinElmer Launches FL 6500™ and FL 8500™ Fluorescence Spectrometers

Advanced Technologies Enable Flexible, Reliable Analysis of a Broad Range of Sample Types WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the launch of its FL 6500™ Pulse Xenon and FL 8500™ Continuous Wave Fluorescence Spectrometers. The instruments enable industrial companies, universities, government, contract and pharmaceutical laboratories to... Read more

July 9, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

AOAC Method of the Year for Confirmation and Identification in Food Microbiology Awarded to MALDI Biotyper® OMA

– MALDI Biotyper certified by MicroVal for fast and reliable routine confirmation of foodborne pathogenic bacteria under ISO/DIS 16140-6 SALT LAKE CITY, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — At the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Food Protection (www.foodprotection.org/), Bruker announces a standardized workflow for any microbial isolate confirmation and identification in food microbiology. The... Read more

July 9, 2018 Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Provide Antibody Publication Data on its Website

Researchers can view published data on antibodies directly on the website to help better understand antibody performance CARLSBAD, Calif., July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced it has signed an agreement with BenchSci to utilize its proprietary machine learning platform to mine antibody data published in peer-reviewed... Read more

July 9, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Agilent and Nanyang Technological University Singapore to Develop Novel Approaches for Water Analysis

Agilent and Nanyang Technological University Singapore to Develop Novel Approaches for Water Analysis Collaboration Will Focus on Persistent and Emerging Contaminants SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 9, 2018 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it will collaborate with the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore’s) Nanyang Environment Water Research Institute (NEWRI) to develop novel... Read more

July 6, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Product Launch

New Phadia 200 Advances In-vitro Diagnostics in Europe for Allergy and Autoimmune Conditions

New Phadia 200 Advances In-vitro Diagnostics in Europe for Allergy and Autoimmune Conditions UPPSALA, Sweden, July 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A new benchtop instrument from Thermo Fisher Scientific, the Phadia 200, enables new levels of flexibility and automation for laboratory testing facilities to aid in the diagnosis of allergy and autoimmunity conditions. The Phadia 200 is... Read more

July 6, 2018 Lab Top-10

Press Release: Get Rid of Your Pen with MC Link, Today's Weight Calibration Solution

Greifensee, Switzerland – 1st June, 2018 – Testing-laboratory landscapes are shifting. In addition to implementing new capabilities, laboratories need to improve productivity without sacrificing outcomes. This means optimizing labor-intensive workflows, improving time-per-unit processing and maximizing right-first-time ratios. Mass calibration is a time-consuming process that can be greatly improved with the right management software – for... Read more

July 3, 2018 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Bruker Announces Acquisition of Lactotronic to Expand Technology and Product Portfolio for Food Analysis in the Dairy Industry

DRACHTEN, Netherlands, July 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker announced today that it has acquired the business of Lactotronic B.V., a Dutch developer and manufacturer of analytical instruments for the dairy industry, with 25 years of experience in milk analysis. Financial details were not disclosed.   Lactotronic offers high quality and high precision analytical equipment for milk laboratories,... Read more