QIAGEN reports preliminary Q3 2019 results and announces measures to prioritize resource allocation

Preliminary Q3 2019 sales of about 3% CER growth (vs.~4-5% CER outlook), adjusted EPS in line with outlook Initiatives announced to free up resources to invest in best growth opportunities, in particular new partnership with Illumina in NGS clinical decision-making Venlo, The Netherlands, October 7, 2019 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today... Read more

Ad-hoc Announcement pursuant to Article 17 Market Abuse Regulation

Venlo, The Netherlands, October 7, 2019 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announces measures to prioritize resource allocation to the most attractive growth opportunities in its Sample to Insight portfolio, in particular in light of a new orientation for its next-generation sequencing (NGS) activities. The measures to free up resources comes... Read more

Roche's Tecentriq improves overall survival as a first-line monotherapy in certain people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Basel, 27 September 2019 Roche’s Tecentriq improves overall survival as a first-line monotherapy in certain people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer Phase III IMpower110 study showed Tecentriq monotherapy helped people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with high PD-L1 expression live longer compared with chemotherapy alone Data will be shared with health authorities... Read more

Luminex Corporation to Present at the Cantor Global Healthcare Conference on October 2, 2019

  AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that Homi Shamir, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Harriss Currie, Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO, will participate in investor meetings and present at the Cantor Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 in New York, NY. A live... Read more

Nalgene Outdoor Applauds Quick-Thinking of Hikers and Rescuers in “Message in a Bottle” Rescue

Nalgene Outdoor Applauds Quick-Thinking of Hikers and Rescuers in “Message in a Bottle” Rescue ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Nalgene Outdoor, manufacturers of the original water bottle that traces its roots back to 1949, applauds the search and rescue workers and quick-thinking of Curtis Whitson who used an SOS message in a Nalgene... Read more

Detecting Sperm on Washed Textiles

Application note on light microscopy in forensic analyses The ability to identify spermatozoa is a particularly important technique in forensic science, for example within the scope of solving sexual crimes. A suspected perpetrator’s sperm needs to be detected on the victim’s clothing and identified through the use of a specific test. This is achieved, for... Read more

European Commission approves Roche’s Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy for the initial treatment of people with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer

Basel, 06 September 2019 European Commission approves Roche’s Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy for the initial treatment of people with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy (carboplatin and etoposide) is the first and only cancer immunotherapy approved by the European Medicines Agency for the initial treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung... Read more