GE Healthcare Announces 510(k) Clearance of New 3D Surgical Imaging System, Enabling More Precise and Efficient Care

New 3D/2D surgical imaging system, OEC 3D, brings precise 3D and 2D imaging to surgical suites improving efficiency Salt Lake City – March 23, 2021 – GE Healthcare today announced 510(k) clearance from U.S. FDA for OEC 3D, a new surgical imaging system capable of 3D and 2D imaging. OEC 3D will set a standard... Read more

New phase III data shows investigational antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab reduced hospitalisation or death by 70% in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19

Investigational antibody cocktail of casirivimab and imdevimab also significantly shortened the duration of symptoms by four days The 2,400 mg and 1,200 mg doses tested in the phase III study had similar efficacy across all endpoints Companion dose-ranging phase II trial showed significant and comparable viral reductions for a range of doses of casirivimab and... Read more

GE Healthcare Unveils Vscan Air, a New Intuitive, Wireless Handheld Ultrasound

At a time when clinicians need quick insights at the point of care, Vscan Air, a pocket-sized ultrasound, enters the market as one of the smallest and lightweight handheld devices without compromising crystal clear image quality and secure data sharing Vscan Air increases access to precise care, helping improve workflow efficiencies and patient outcomes through... Read more

Roche Annual General Meeting 2021

All proposals of the Board of Directors approved Christoph Franz re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors; all current Board members re-elected 34th consecutive dividend increase to CHF 9.10 per share Basel, 16 March 2021 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that its shareholders approved all proposals of the Board of... Read more

PerkinElmer Completes Acquisition of Oxford Immunotec Global PLC

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 9, 2021– PerkinElmer, Inc., (NYSE: PKI) a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of Oxford Immunotec Global PLC (Oxford Immunotec). PerkinElmer originally announced its intent to acquire Oxford Immunotec on January 7, 2021. “Oxford Immunotec’s global role in... Read more

PerkinElmer Adds HPLC Columns to Consumables Portfolio

Delivering Full, Performance-Boosting Workflow Solutions for Pharma, Chemical, Food and Environmental Testing Labs WALTHAM, Mass. – March, 8, 2021 PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that it has added state-of-the-art columns and chemistries to its LC consumables portfolio by acquiring ES Industries, based in West Berlin, New... Read more

Live Cell Imaging to Study Neuron Development

Dr. Raman Das is an independent research fellow at the University of Manchester (United Kingdom). Using the chick embryo as a model organism, Dr. Das studies how cells develop into neurons and create the vertebrate central nervous system. In their recent publication, Dr. Das and his postdoctoral research associate, Dr. Gabriela Toro, used wide field... Read more

Nalgene Outdoor Increases Its Commitment to Manufacturing with Recycled Materials; New Products Kickoff Year-Long Goal to Convert All Bottle Production to Tritan Renew

Nalgene Outdoor Increases Its Commitment to Manufacturing with Recycled Materials; New Products Kickoff Year-Long Goal to Convert All Bottle Production to Tritan Renew Expanded styles and sizes of Nalgene Sustain line made from 50% recycled material offers a more sustainable way to reduce, reuse and recycle in one bottle ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Mesa Biotech

WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Mesa Biotech, Inc., a privately held point-of-care molecular diagnostic company. “Mesa Biotech is an important part of our strategy to expand the benefits of molecular diagnostics at... Read more

New Nature Communications Publication by Mann & Theis Groups Harnesses the Benefits of Large-scale Peptide Collisional Cross Section (CCS) Measurements and Deep Learning for 4D Proteomics

Measured more than a million collision cross sections (CCS) from whole-proteome digests of five organisms with trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) and parallel accumulation-serial fragmentation (PASEF) on several timsTOF Pro systems Large-scale CCS data from 360 LC-TIMS-MS/MS runs, processed with MaxQuant With CCS alignment, across 347,885 peptide CCS values measured in duplicate, the median coefficient... Read more