Eight of the total of 16 Reference Laboratories within BfR have been newly appointed

12-Dec-2006 - Reference laboratories are of key importance for consumer health protection. Together with the public agencies of the federal states, they elaborate the standards for the work of the test laboratories involved in food monitoring. Reference laboratories act as an arbitrator when it comes to ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Engages New Partner in Brazil

Focuses on Providing Informatics Solutions to Growing Mining Industry

08-Dec-2006 - Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a new partnership with Interfusão to market, distribute and deploy Thermo Scientific-branded laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and chromatography data systems (CDS) to Brazil's growing metals, minerals and mining industries. Interfusão was ...

PerkinElmer to Acquire Evotec Technologies

04-Dec-2006 - PerkinElmer, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Evotec AG to acquire its majority owned subsidiary, Evotec Technologies GmbH, in a cash transaction valued at approximately EUR 23 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing ...

Scan of Entire Human Genome Finds Unexpected New Clues on Lou Gehrig's Disease

04-Dec-2006 - A comprehensive scan of the human genome has identified more than 50 genetic abnormalities in people with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN) announced. The most ...

DxS receives Biotechnology Award for Cancer product from BioNow

30-Nov-2006 - DxS has won a 'Biotechnology Project of the Year' award for its highly sensitive EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) Mutation Test Kit. Sponsored by the Manchester based law firm Pannone LLP, the award was presented by Bionow, the Northwest Regional Development Agency's (NWDA) biotechnology ...

Agilent Technologies Announces New Technique for Rapid Analysis of Key Breast Milk Component

30-Nov-2006 - Agilent Technologies announced a new technique developed by a team of University of California at Davis (UCD) and Agilent scientists that enables rapid, detailed analysis of the composition of a group of bioactive molecules in breast milk. Oligosaccharides (OGs) comprise the third-largest solid ...

Supelco Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement With MIP Technologies

29-Nov-2006 - Supelco, a division of Sigma- Aldrich, announced that it has signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with MIP Technologies AB. Under the agreement, Supelco will distribute the analytical and preparative Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) separation products. The Companies will ...

MedMira Signs Italian Distributor for Rapid HIV Test

27-Nov-2006 - MedMira Inc. announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Italian distributor Voden Medical Instruments spa (Voden). Voden will distribute MedMira's MiraCare(TM) Rapid HIV Antibody Test (MiraCare HIV) to point-of-care and laboratory markets throughout Italy. MedMira has ...

Large Scale Biology Corporation Announces the Issuance of Thirteen New U.S. Patents and Several New Allowances

22-Nov-2006 - Large Scale Biology Corporation (LSBC) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued significant new patents covering all major areas of Company activity. Within the last 12 months, thirteen (13) new patents were issued to LSBC in the areas of gene expression, bioprocessing, ...

Malvern Instruments appoints new Project Manager Process Systems

22-Nov-2006 - Marco Hartmann has been appointed Project Manager Process Systems at Malvern Instruments GmbH. In this role he succeeds Oliver Schmitt, who earlier this year (2006) moved to Malvern Instruments' UK headquarters to lead the company's growing process business worldwide. Marco Hartmann has worked ...