Roche receives FDA approval for expanded use of the CINtec PLUS Cytology test to aid clinicians in preventing cervical cancer

Next-generation biomarker cytology test supports World Health Organization’s goal to eliminate cervical cancer, which is nearly 100 percent preventable with proper screening, vaccination and treatment New indication allows this first FDA-approved biomarker-based test to be used as triage for positive cobas HPV tests run on cobas 6800/8800 Systems in primary screening or co-testing programs More... Read more

Bruker Appoints Bonnie H. Anderson to its Board of Directors

BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that it has appointed Bonnie H. Anderson to serve on its board of directors, effective as of September 3, 2020. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200908005326/en/ (Photo: Business Wire) Ms. Anderson is Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Veracyte,... Read more

Xylem Delivers More Than 100,000 Face Shields to Front-line Workers

RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 26, 2020– Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced it manufactured and delivered through Xylem partners more than 100,000 protective face shields in Europe and the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative leveraged... Read more

PerkinElmer Launches COVID-19 Environmental Surface Testing Kits to Help Food Processors and Contract Labs Detect Presence of Virus in Facilities

Kits detect traces of SARS-CoV-2 virus on surfaces such as plastics, ceramics and stainless steel  WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today introduced two COVID-19 environmental testing kits to help food processors and contract labs detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in food plants such as plastic, ceramic... Read more

PerkinElmer Launches Modular and Scalable explorer™ Workstations for High-throughput COVID-19 Detection

Enables Labs to Quickly Ramp up Testing Capacity and Generate Results Faster WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 17, 2020– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the launch of a series of explorer™ workstations for SARS-CoV-2 testing capable of preparing and running up to 10,000 COVID-19 tests per day.... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Provides Process Overview for the Announcement of Final Offer Results

Thermo Fisher Scientific Provides Process Overview for the Announcement of Final Offer Results WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today provided an overview of the process to report the final results from the acceptance period of its offer to acquire all of the... Read more

Utrecht University and Bruker Announce Collaboration to Develop Methods for Studying Protein Structures and Interactions by Mass Spectrometry

Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry (XL-MS) Now Can Leverage the PhoX Crosslinker and TIMS/PASEF Methods with the Large-Scale Use of Accurate Collision Cross Sections (CCS) BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced a collaboration with Utrecht University to advance the study of the 3-D structures and interactions of proteins by mass spectrometry. The laboratory of... Read more

Versatile Thermo Scientific Helios 5 PFIBs Enable Materials and Life Sciences Research

Versatile Thermo Scientific Helios 5 PFIBs Enable Materials and Life Sciences Research New, automated instruments provide scientists higher throughput, higher quality characterization HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today released the Thermo Scientific Helios 5 Plasma Focused Ion Beam (PFIB) DualBeam and the Thermo Scientific Helios 5 Hydra DualBeam focused ion beam scanning... Read more