New Food Safety Studio in Bellevue, Washington, serves as global center for innovation and collaboration Demonstration and training lab space extends product and process development to customers Billerica, Massachusetts, August 30, 2017 — MilliporeSigma has opened its first global Food Safety Studio in Bellevue, Washington for manufacturers of all types of food (beef, poultry, produce, etc.) to collaborate... Read more
METTLER TOLEDO ICS4_6x combi bench scales give safe, compliant and accurate weighing performance in hazardous areas. The devices offer a new range of configuration options to meet ergonomic concerns while terminal-based tools, such as colorWeight® increase processing speed to enhance productivity. Greifensee, Switzerland (PRWEB) August 30, 2017 When weighing in potentially explosive environments, it is important... Read more
Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometers can analyze the composition and concentration of elements contained in samples by detecting fluorescence X-rays generated from the surface of samples irradiated with X-rays. They can be used to easily and non-destructively analyze samples in a wide range of forms, including solids and powders. The EDX-7000 and EDX-8000 energy... Read more
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Patheon N.V. (NYSE: PTHN), a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, for approximately $7.2 billion. Today’s close follows the expiration of... Read more
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the Company will present at the 15th annual Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 11:40 am ET at the Grand Hyatt New York. Robert Friel, PerkinElmer’s chairman and chief executive... Read more
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
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
Since the spring of 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and other regulatory agencies have strengthened the monitoring of quality assurance at pharmaceutical companies. Companies must now show that nothing improper has been done when using analytical instruments. In addition, in graphs showing data... Read more
SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 24, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced the following webcast for the investment community: Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City Tuesday, September 12, at 2:05 p.m. EDT Mark Doak, President, Agilent’s CrossLab Group A link to the webcast will be available at www.investor.agilent.com. About Agilent... Read more
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced plans with Telegraph Hill Partners (THP), a San Francisco-based venture capital and growth equity firm, to establish Verogen, Inc. The independent new company has certain exclusive rights to provide Illumina’s forensic sequencing technology to forensic customers, including for criminal casework and other human and nonhuman forensic applications.... Read more