Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of premium products for advanced material characterisation, has announced the acquisition of Freeman Technology. Freeman Technology specialises in providing instruments for the measurement of powder flow properties and other behavioural properties of powders...
Collaboration combines expertise in novel chemical compound synthesis with GMP manufacture in drug discovery. Enamine Ltd., a chemical research organization and producer of novel building blocks and screening libraries, and TBD Biodiscovery, a premium GMP manufacturer of fine chemicals including chemical active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), today announced they have entered into...
The overall UK radiology equipment market spend for the six months to the end of March 2018 is down by around 30% compared to the same period in the previous year. This is according to latest figures from AXREM (the Association of Healthcare Technology Providers for Imaging, Radiotherapy and Care), which represents all the major medical imaging...
Evotec AG announce having signed a transaction agreement with Sanofi to integrate Sanofi's infectious disease unit into its organisation. Pursuant to this agreement, Evotec will also licence-in the majority of Sanofi's infectious disease research portfolio and initiatives. This successfully seals the exclusive negotiations between the two...
Rapid, one-step, lateral flow test for real-time detection of herbicide resistance in blackgrass. Mologic Ltd, a developer of personalised diagnostics, and Newcastle University, have announced they have developed an on-farm blackgrass resistance diagnostic (BReD). The one-step, rapid lateral flow product for detecting glutathione transferase (AmGSTF1) concentrations...
Powered by a widespread application scope and ongoing technological advancements, vacuum pump market trends have undergone a tremendous transformation since the last few years. The extensive involvement of industry players in research and development activities has been paving the way for remarkable breakthroughs in futuristic vacuum technology requirements...
An interactive preclinical PET-MR workshop with demonstrations of a new 7T integrated PET-MR multi-modality imaging system from MR Solutions and presentations from participants was held in Dijon. The Cancer Center Georges François Leclerc (CGFL) organised the event in partnership with the UK based PET-MR supplier MR Solutions to launch a new user group...
Attana has received an contract research order from an European Biotech company. The order is related to optimization of therapeutically antibodies. The order value is around 600 kSEK and is expected to be performed and delivered during Q3 and Q4 2018 and will affect the cash flow and financial result positively during these two quarters....
The Siemens technology group and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, have agreed on long-term cooperation in the area of automation. This agreement provides that Sartorius Stedim Biotech will preferably use Siemens automation technologies, which will include....
Discovery Park, one of the UK’s leading science parks has announced a number of changes to its senior management team to drive forward the site’s future growth and development. The new team, detailed below, will provide additional insight, experience and knowledge of the life science sector that will support the evolution of Discovery Park as a global centre for the life sciences and technology and...
International competition rewards four top proteomics researchers for outstanding innovation and impact. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, recognize the winners of the 2018 Thermo Scientific Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) Research Award at the opening of a breakfast workshop held on June 6, 2018, in conjunction with the 66th American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference
The Wasdell Group (Wasdell), a leading outsourcing partner to companies within the pharmaceutical, medical device and clinical trials industries, is investing £500k in a new laboratory at its Newcastle site. The purpose built 1,200 sq. ft facility will allow Wasdell to offer in-house microbiological and analytical services to its customers and will support the business’ manufacturing, packaging and quality control (QC) teams...
State-of-the-art facility in high-tech industrial park will accommodate the company’s continued growth trajectory. Hamilton Storage GmbH, a global leader in automated sample management systems, announces that it has relocated all operations to a high-technology industrial park in Domat/Ems, Switzerland. The Company is the first business to open within the industrial park and will be followed in due course by...
Inspired by the beauty and breadth of images submitted for Image of the Year 2017, Olympus continues its quest for the best light microscopy art in 2018. For the chance to win a microscope or camera, applicants can now submit their best life science light microscopy images. Olympus’ Image of the Year European Life Science Light Microscopy Award 2018 recognizes the very best in...
SP Scientific, a leading innovator in freeze drying and lyophilization equipment, has announced the dates, venues and agendas for its September 2018 international ‘Insights in Lyophilization Science’ tour. With informative seminar programs published for Basel (Switzerland), Dublin (Ireland), Boston (USA) and Warminster (USA), attending the tour is a must for anyone involved or interested in lyophilization science...
Expanding global oncology testing for clinical trials. Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD), a leading global contract research organization (CRO), and NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services, are forming a strategic alliance to provide a seamless and fully integrated global pathology and molecular testing solution....
FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. (ISUS) and IS JAPAN CO.,LTD. (ISJ), leading companies in cell culture media for about US$800 million on June 1 in the United States. To advance its growth strategies in the healthcare area, Fujifilm continues to invest in contract development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals...
AMSBIO, a global provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, has launched a service for high throughput gene expression analysis. Based on the NanoString nCounter platform, the service works with a large array of sample types, including formats such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE), which have been difficult to analyse by more traditional quantitative PCR...
Nosopharm, a company dedicated to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, announces that it has renewed its partnership with the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (Inra). This partnership with Inra’s Diversity, Genomes and Insects-Microorganisms Interactions laboratory (DGIMI) aims...
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has received a boost this week with the news that the Scottish Government’s new Chief Scientific Advisor Marine has chosen to be based at the university’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. Professor Colin Moffat, a marine scientist and researcher, has recently been appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor Marine to the Scottish Government...
The family and employees of Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG mourn the loss of their founder, long-standing CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Peter Huber. The company founder died on June 12, 2018 aged 77. Peter Huber was born on 16 February 1941 in Offenburg. After training as a machinist, he first worked in the family electrical business. In 1965, at the age of 24, Peter Huber took part in one of the first refrigeration courses at the "Karlsruhe Institute of Technology"
On Wednesday 23rd May 2018, over 1200 scientists, technicians, speakers and exhibitors descended on the East Midlands Conference Centre at the University of Nottingham for the fifth Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference. Organised by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the day brought together delegates from across the community, offering opportunities to meet like-minded people, learn new things and discover the very best scientific technology and equipment for the laboratory....
Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of premium products for advanced material characterisation, has announced the acquisition of Freeman Technology. Freeman Technology specialises in providing instruments for the measurement of powder flow properties and other behavioural properties of powders...
Collaboration combines expertise in novel chemical compound synthesis with GMP manufacture in drug discovery. Enamine Ltd., a chemical research organization and producer of novel building blocks and screening libraries, and TBD Biodiscovery, a premium GMP manufacturer of fine chemicals including chemical active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), today announced they have entered into...
The overall UK radiology equipment market spend for the six months to the end of March 2018 is down by around 30% compared to the same period in the previous year. This is according to latest figures from AXREM (the Association of Healthcare Technology Providers for Imaging, Radiotherapy and Care), which represents all the major medical imaging...
Evotec AG announce having signed a transaction agreement with Sanofi to integrate Sanofi's infectious disease unit into its organisation. Pursuant to this agreement, Evotec will also licence-in the majority of Sanofi's infectious disease research portfolio and initiatives. This successfully seals the exclusive negotiations between the two...
Rapid, one-step, lateral flow test for real-time detection of herbicide resistance in blackgrass. Mologic Ltd, a developer of personalised diagnostics, and Newcastle University, have announced they have developed an on-farm blackgrass resistance diagnostic (BReD). The one-step, rapid lateral flow product for detecting glutathione transferase (AmGSTF1) concentrations...
Powered by a widespread application scope and ongoing technological advancements, vacuum pump market trends have undergone a tremendous transformation since the last few years. The extensive involvement of industry players in research and development activities has been paving the way for remarkable breakthroughs in futuristic vacuum technology requirements... 
An interactive preclinical PET-MR workshop with demonstrations of a new 7T integrated PET-MR multi-modality imaging system from MR Solutions and presentations from participants was held in Dijon. The Cancer Center Georges François Leclerc (CGFL) organised the event in partnership with the UK based PET-MR supplier MR Solutions to launch a new user group...
Attana has received an contract research order from an European Biotech company. The order is related to optimization of therapeutically antibodies. The order value is around 600 kSEK and is expected to be performed and delivered during Q3 and Q4 2018 and will affect the cash flow and financial result positively during these two quarters....
The Siemens technology group and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, have agreed on long-term cooperation in the area of automation. This agreement provides that Sartorius Stedim Biotech will preferably use Siemens automation technologies, which will include....
Discovery Park, one of the UK’s leading science parks has announced a number of changes to its senior management team to drive forward the site’s future growth and development. The new team, detailed below, will provide additional insight, experience and knowledge of the life science sector that will support the evolution of Discovery Park as a global centre for the life sciences and technology and...
International competition rewards four top proteomics researchers for outstanding innovation and impact. 
The Wasdell Group (Wasdell), a leading outsourcing partner to companies within the pharmaceutical, medical device and clinical trials industries, is investing £500k in a new laboratory at its Newcastle site. 
State-of-the-art facility in high-tech industrial park will accommodate the company’s continued growth trajectory. Hamilton Storage GmbH, a global leader in automated sample management systems, announces that it has relocated all operations to a high-technology industrial park in Domat/Ems, Switzerland. The Company is the first business to open within the industrial park and will be followed in due course by...
SP Scientific, a leading innovator in freeze drying and lyophilization equipment, has announced the dates, venues and agendas for its September 2018 international ‘Insights in Lyophilization Science’ tour. 
Expanding global oncology testing for clinical trials. Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD), a leading global contract research organization (CRO), and NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services, are forming a strategic alliance to provide a seamless and fully integrated global pathology and molecular testing solution....
FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. (ISUS) and IS JAPAN CO.,LTD. (ISJ), leading companies in cell culture media for about US$800 million on June 1 in the United States. 
AMSBIO, a global provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, has launched a service for high throughput gene expression analysis. Based on the NanoString nCounter platform, the service works with a large array of sample types, including formats such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE), which have been difficult to analyse by more traditional quantitative PCR...
Nosopharm, a company dedicated to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, announces that it has renewed its partnership with the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (Inra). This partnership with Inra’s Diversity, Genomes and Insects-Microorganisms Interactions laboratory (DGIMI) aims...
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has received a boost this week with the news that the Scottish Government’s new Chief Scientific Advisor Marine has chosen to be based at the university’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. Professor Colin Moffat, a marine scientist and researcher, has recently been appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor Marine to the Scottish Government...
On Wednesday 23rd May 2018, over 1200 scientists, technicians, speakers and exhibitors descended on the East Midlands Conference Centre at the University of Nottingham for the fifth Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference. Organised by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the day brought together delegates from across the community, offering opportunities to meet like-minded people, learn new things and discover the very best scientific technology and equipment for the laboratory....