June 30, 2020 Lab Top-10 Microscopy

QIAGEN shareholders approve all agenda items related to acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific at Annual General Meeting

Venlo, the Netherlands, June 30, 2020 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced that its shareholders today approved all agenda items at the Company’s Annual General Meeting related to the proposed voluntary public takeover offer for the acquisition of all ordinary shares in QIAGEN by Quebec B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thermo... Read more

June 23, 2020 Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Waters Extends the Capability and Power of its High-Resolution Mass Spectrometers

Enhancements for the Waters Xevo G2-XS QTof, SYNAPT XS and SELECT SERIES Cyclic IMS Instruments Accelerate Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research Milford, Mass. – June 23, 2020 – Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced today a new fragmentation technique and an imaging option for its high-resolution mass spectrometers giving research scientists working across a broad range of end markets... Read more

June 23, 2020 Chromatography Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Waters Introduces the New Arc High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph to Help Laboratories Meet Quality and Production Targets

Modern LC System Replicates Established Test Methods, Delivers Improved Performance; Updates to Lab Business Continuity Solution Also Announced Milford, Mass. – June 23, 2020 – Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced the Waters™ Arc™ HPLC System, a new high-performanceliquid chromatograph (HPLC) for routine testing in the pharmaceutical, food, academic and materials markets. A key target application is... Read more

June 22, 2020 Lab Top-10

QIAGEN announces plans to release preliminary Q2 2020 results

Venlo, the Netherlands, June 22, 2020 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that it plans to provide in the first half of July 2020 an overview of preliminary results for the second quarter and first half of 2020, along with perspectives on anticipated business trends for the third quarter of... Read more

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