July 2018

Namocell Signs Distribution Deal for Single Cell Dispenser in Japan

July 28, 2018

Namocell announced today that it has signed an agreement with Tomy Digital Biology to distribute Namocell’s Namo Single Cell Dispenser in Japan. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. Namocell’s microfluidic-based cell [more...]

IDEX Health & Science Acquired Finger Lakes Instrumentation

July 28, 2018

IDEX Health & Science, LLC (IH&S) announced the acquisition of Lima, NY based Finger Lakes Instrumentation, LLC (FLI). Finger Lakes Instrumentation is a technology leader in the design, development and production of low-noise [more...]

Argonaut Manufacturing Services acquires lyophilization expert LyoGen

July 13, 2018

Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving molecular diagnostic and biopharmaceutical companies, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire LyoGen LLC. Terms [more...]

Primoceler Inc and SCHOTT AG to Join Forces

July 13, 2018

Schott, the specialty glass and glass-ceramics giant, owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, has entered into an agreement to acquire Primoceler Oy, a Finnish pioneer in glass micro bonding, based in Tampere. Primoceler’s hermetic [more...]

Lab-On-A-Chip Technology Could Detect Abnormalities For Pregnant Women

July 13, 2018

A wide range of fetal genetic abnormalities could soon be detected in early pregnancy thanks to a world-first study led by University of South Australia researchers using lab-on-a-chip, non-invasive technology. Biomedical engineers Dr [more...]

Zoetis to Acquire Abaxis, a Leading Global Provider of Veterinary Point-of-Care Diagnostic Instruments

July 13, 2018

–Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) and Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX) today announced a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Zoetis will acquire Abaxis, a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of diagnostic instruments for [more...]

A New Sensor to Identify Proteins Responsible for Neuro-degenerative Diseases

July 13, 2018

In a new study, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, have designed a biosensor using gold nano-particles that can identify the presence of a protein called alpha-synuclein. The newly developed biosensor uses optical [more...]

FDA Approves Latest Generation Somatic Cell Counting Tests for Raw Milk

July 5, 2018

Three FOSS instruments have been approved for official use by NCIMS/FDA in the USA: Fossomatic 7 for testing total somatic cell count in raw milk Fossomatic 7 DC for testing of total somatic cell count in raw milk BacSomatic for [more...]

Seeing the Invisible with Microfluidic Devices

July 5, 2018

The laboratory is the traditional home of the scientific experiment. A biology lab is often like a cell nursery, where the cells are lovingly nurtured in conditions optimal for their growth. A chemistry lab might be filled with glassware, [more...]

IARPA Awards Draper Multi-Year $7.8 Million Contract to Improve Biodetection Security

July 5, 2018

Draper has been awarded a three-and-a-half-year $7.8 million contract by IARPA (The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, National Intelligence Directorate) as part of the FELIX Program to research and develop tools to enable [more...]