June 18, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships PAI Top-10

PerkinElmer and American Society of Hematology Announce Global Collaboration to Help Combat Sickle Cell Disease

Initiative to enhance newborn screening in underserved populations for improved health outcomes in Africa WALTHAM, Mass. – June 18, 2020 – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced a collaboration with the American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world’s largest professional society of hematologists, to support a... Read more

June 17, 2020 Atomic Spectroscopy Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Shimadzu Corporation and RIKEN Innovation Co., Ltd. Sign a Collaboration Agreement to Create New Businesses Based on Brain and Five Senses Measurement Research Results from RIKEN

Shimadzu Corporation and RIKEN Innovation Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement to jointly start an R&D program based on measuring the function of the brain and the five senses. The two companies intend to contribute to society by having Shimadzu start new businesses based on research results achieved by RIKEN. RIKEN and Shimadzu Corporation have... Read more

June 16, 2020 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Global Collaboration Establishes Wales’ National Covid-19 Testing Laboratory

An advanced laboratory dedicated to leading Wales’ national Covid-19 testing has been established in Cardiff, thanks to collaboration between Public Health Wales and one of the world’s leading diagnostics companies.   Creating a national Covid-19 testing lab at the University Hospital of Wales is an important part of the Welsh Government’s Test, Trace, Protect strategy... Read more

June 16, 2020 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10 Product Launch

iSPA Workflow Helps Pharmaceutical Companies Bring New Drugs to Market Faster

Reliable, easy-to-use cryo-EM workflow solution quadruples throughput for pharma labs HILLSBORO, Ore., June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — To help pharmaceutical companies obtain faster results in their drug discovery process and reduce the cost of bringing new drugs to market, Thermo Fisher Scientific has released the Thermo Scientific iSPA Workflow, the first commercially available single particle analysis (SPA) workflow... Read more

June 15, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics PR/Corporate

PerkinElmer Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for EUROIMMUN COVID-19 RT-PCR Test

Company’s latest FDA EUA solution broadens RT-PCR and serology offerings available in the U.S. WALTHAM, Mass. – June 15, 2020 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, announced today that EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer Company, has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for... Read more

June 15, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to Thermo Fisher Scientific's Oncomine Precision Assay to Identify IDH1 and IDH2 Mutations in Low-Grade Glioma Patients

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine Precision Assay to Identify IDH1 and IDH2 Mutations in Low-Grade Glioma Patients Designation follows recent announcement on development of first companion diagnostic using the Oncomine Precision Assay on the new Ion Torrent Genexus System CARLSBAD, Calif., June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug... Read more