Bioinstrumentation

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...]

Single-Cell Analysis for Identification of Fibroblast Subtypes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

March 4, 2018

Single-cell analysis holds enormous potential to study how individual cells influence disease and respond to treatment, but the lack of cost-effective and user-friendly instrumentation remains challenging. As described in a study [more...]

Sphere Fluidics and Geneva Biotech receive Eurostars Genome Editing Grant

December 3, 2017

Cyto-mine, a benchtop automated instrument for single cell analysis (Credit: Sphere Fluidics) Sphere Fluidics, a company providing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Geneva Biotech, an [more...]

Rheonix to Present Data on Fully Automated and Integrated Next-Generation Sequencing Library

October 9, 2017

Image credit: Rheonix Rheonix Inc., a developer of fully automated molecular testing solutions, will highlight its fully automated and integrated sample preparation solution on the Encompass Optimum™ workstation at the 2nd ASM [more...]

GenMark Achieves CE Mark for its ePlex® Blood Culture Identification Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Panels

July 4, 2017

GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNMK), a leading provider of automated, multiplex molecular diagnostic testing systems, today announced it has achieved CE Mark under the European In-Vitro Diagnostic Devices Directive (98/79/EC) for its [more...]

Theranos Names Former Abbott Diagnostics Executive Cass Grandone as Head of Product Development

May 18, 2017

Theranos today announced that a key role has been filled on the company’s executive team, with the arrival of Cass Grandone as Senior Vice President of Product Development. Mr. Grandone’s career has included R&D roles of increasing [more...]

[Report] Digital Cell-Sorting System Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2016 – 2024

May 10, 2017

Digital cell-sorting is the system used to sort or isolate the intended cells or particles from fluid samples. Flow cytometers aids these systems in separating varied types of cells based on their properties. This system uses Fluorescence [more...]

[Report] Global Microfluidics Market is Expected to Reach US$12.45 Billion by 2025

April 26, 2017

The global market for microfluidics is predicted to witness a high level of competition, owing to the presence of a large number of players operating in it, states a research report by Transparency Market Research. Moreover, the rising [more...]

[Report] Lab on Chips Market to Reach US$8.7 Billion by 2024: High Acceptance of Microfluidic Products in Healthcare Sector to Fuel Growth Opportunities

April 3, 2017

The presence of large players in most geographies has rendered the vendor landscape of the Global Lap on Chips Market highly competitive. However, the market exhibits a high degree of consolidation with the top 8 players accounting for [more...]