Affibody to start clinical development of a approach for the diagnosis of cancer

Swedish MPA gives go ahead for the clinical trial of Affibody's molecular imaging agent designed to improve the diagnosis of HER2-positive breast cancer.

28-Sep-2007 - Affibody Holding AB has received a letter from the Swedish Medical Product Agency (MPA) allowing it to begin an exploratory clinical trial of a new approach for diagnosing an aggressive form of breast cancer. The approach, which is based on the Company's lead proprietary targeting Affibody® ...

Warwick: GMP compliant analytical services

25-Sep-2007 - Warwick Analytical Service has announced that it has recently achieved GMP accreditation for its range of analytical services. Asked about the new accreditation Paul Hemming - European Sales Manager commented ' A growing number of organisations, especially in highly regulated areas such as the ...

ESA Biosciences has developed a system that enables routine measurement of sulphur-containing compounds

20-Sep-2007 - ESA Biosciences has developed a stable, sensitive, and robust analytical system that enables routine measurement of thiols, thioethers, disulfides and other sulphur-containing compounds. Life-science researchers believe that sulphur-containing compounds are critical to a variety of biologically ...

New method reveals substances on surfaces of any kind

11-Sep-2007 - ETH Zurich researchers have developed a new method that allows even the surfaces of living organisms to be examined quickly and simply. The method opens up interesting new possibilities not only in medicine but also in foodstuffs monitoring. The new procedure of analysis represents a further ...

Researchers Identify Virus Possibly Responsible for Declining Honeybee Population

10-Sep-2007 - 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, announced that researchers at Columbia University, in collaboration with 454, have identified a virus implicated in the deaths of 2.4 million honeybee colonies - tens of billions of bees - using the company's Genome Sequencer(TM) system. The findings explain ...

Farfield Scientific: Five New Patents Granted, Building on a Portfolio of Over 50 Applications Pending

06-Sep-2007 - Farfield Scientific Ltd announced it has recently been granted five further international patents related to its proprietary Dual Polarisation Interferometry (DPI) technology. These latest patents are the most recent granted to Farfield from its pipeline of over 50 currently pending award. The ...

DSM invests in food freshness device company

29-Aug-2007 - DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announced that it has made an investment in Food Quality Sensor International Inc. (FQSI). FQSI is a US-based company which develops and commercializes novel technologies to detect the freshness levels of perishable foods. FQSI's ...

Bruker Daltonics Announces Selection of its Range of Chemical Agent Detectors for Slovenian Armored Vehicles

24-Aug-2007 - Bruker Daltonik GmbH announced that it was awarded a $3.5 million contract to supply the Slovenian Army with a series of long range and point chemical detectors for integration into Slovenia's new lightweight reconnaissance vehicles. This contract has been awarded in cooperation with Em.tronic ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Named Readers' Choice Winner for Informatics Portfolio

23-Aug-2007 - Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that its informatics solutions have won Scientific Computing's 2007 Readers' Choice Awards in four categories - more than any other vendor. The awards represent the company's end-to-end informatics offering including CDS (Chromatography Data Systems), ...

JPK Instruments AG Strengthens Asian-Pacific Marketing Position

23-Aug-2007 - JPK Instruments AG has taken a significant step toward strengthening its marketing position in the Asia-Pacific region: The company has granted the exclusive distribution rights for its products in India to Inkarp Instruments Pvt. Ltd., and in Australia to SciTech Pty Ltd. In addition to Canada, ...