Agilent Technologies acquires manufacturer of synthetic nucleic acids for pharmaceutical and biotech industries

Acquisition addresses rapidly growing RNA synthesis market

19-Apr-2006 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has acquired privately held SynPro Corp., the owner of a contract manufacturing facility established to supply active pharmaceutical ingredients and provide related services. Financial details were not disclosed. Based in Boulder, Colo., the facility ...

Bruker BioSciences Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Bruker Optics Inc. for $135 Million in Cash and Stock

19-Apr-2006 - Bruker BioSciences Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the stock of molecular spectroscopy company Bruker Optics Inc. for $135 million, to be paid approximately 59% in cash and 41% in BRKR stock. The acquisition agreement was signed following ...

Waters Expands Expands Asian Presence

10-Apr-2006 - Waters Corporation announced it has significantly expanded its Asian presence by inaugurating a new purpose-built facility in Singapore that will manufacture the Waters(R) Alliance(R) high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system. As part of a strategy to better serve the needs of its ...

Biosite and Oxford Genome Sciences announce collaboration in colorectal cancer

07-Apr-2006 - Biosite Incorporated and Oxford Genome Sciences (UK) Ltd. (OGeS) announced a collaboration for the evaluation of protein-based disease markers for colorectal cancer. The markers could be used for the development of potential blood-based diagnostic products aimed at expanding personalized ...

Robarts opens Canada's most advanced ultra-high field MRI facility

03-Apr-2006 - Robarts Research Institute celebrated the opening of Canada's most advanced MRI facility in its Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, which will design and apply new techniques to better understand and develop treatments for a range of debilitating disorders. The facility has been ...

Galapagos and Arthrogen enter target discovery alliance

03-Apr-2006 - Galapagos NV announced that its service division BioFocus has entered into a three-year target discovery alliance with Arthrogen BV, a joint venture of the Dubai Bone & Joint Center and the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam. The alliance focuses on identifying novel targets for gene therapy ...

BD Biosciences Announces Agreement with Dynomics to Collaborate on Novel Cancer Diagnostic Technology

31-Mar-2006 - BD Biosciences, a segment of BD, announced a licensing and research agreement with Dynomics BV in the fields of leukemia and lymphoma. Under terms of the agreement, BD has an exclusive worldwide license to specific intellectual property related to the flow cytometry detection of fusion proteins. ...

PerkinElmer and George Mason University Announce Alliance to Develop Novel Proteomic Technologies

Biomarker Identification for Early Cancer Detection

30-Mar-2006 - PerkinElmer, Inc. announced a five-year research collaboration agreement with George Mason University to develop a new and innovative approach for cancer detection and risk stratification. Scientists from both organizations will work together on the design of several new types of clinical assay ...

PerkinElmer and Jacobi Medical Center Establish Research Collaboration to Develop Molecular Diagnostics Screening Platforms

27-Mar-2006 - PerkinElmer, Inc. announced a research collaboration agreement with Jacobi Medical Center, which is currently developing a centralized molecular genetics diagnostic laboratory that will ultimately serve the Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) of New York City. The collaboration will focus on ...

Applied DNA Sciences Launches DNA Encryption and Authentication Project in Collaboration with Stony Brook University

23-Mar-2006 - Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. and Stony Brook University announced their agreement to jointly develop a cutting edge forensic authentication system by utilizing encrypted DNA. Dr. Sanford Simon, Professor of Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Pathology, Stony Brook University, and a director of APDN, ...