Spectro Scientific noted five years of the company’s growth in the Chinese market with a celebratory event in Beijing.
More than 100 industrial customers, government representatives, and members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attended the gathering. Spectro Scientific global sales vice president Yuegang Zhao, company chief financial officer Carey Ross, and the staff of the Spectro Beijing office hosted the event, where local speakers revealed development trends in oil analysis technologies implemented in Chinese industrial facilities....
The preparative and process chromatography market is expected to reach $8,950 million by 2019 from $6351.5 million in 2014, at a CAGR of 7.1%.
The global Preparative and Process Chromatography market is categorized on the basis of products and services, end user, and geography. The service segment is expected to register the highest growth rate in the Preparative and Process Chromatography market, by products and services, during the forecast period....
Start-up company now partners with 140+ prominent research institutions
Kerafast Inc., developers of an industry-leading online platform to facilitate accessibility to unique bioresearch materials from laboratories across the globe, is celebrating its five-year anniversary this December. Since its founding in December 2011, Kerafast has partnered with more than 140 prominent academic institutions to facilitate access to research tools....
Read MoreFreeman Technology Appoints a New Distributor for IndiaJan 3, 2017
Freeman Technology, a global leader in the development and application of powder characterisation techniques, has appointed Apex Chromatography Pvt. Ltd. as its new distributor for India.
“The addition of Apex further strengthens our expanding global team allowing us to provide experienced local support to new and existing users. It is also a mark of our growing global presence and customer base after another record sales year” says Tim Freeman, Managing Director of Freeman Technology. Apex will supply the Freeman Technology range of products, including the FT4 Powder Rheometer® and the new Uniaxial Powder Tester, providing a...
Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Saneca Pharma is driving forward with new research and development initiatives for the manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) following a €1.5 million grant from the Slovak Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport.
The funding has enabled the central-Europe based company to strengthen its pharmaceutical development services and establish a new R&D department, with 25 employees now based at its facility in Hlohovec, Slovakia. Saneca Pharma received the four-year grant in partnership with organic synthesis specialist, TAU-CHEM Ltd....
Metrohm USA’s continued efforts to partner with the ASTM supports the quality, distribution and delivery of petroleum products
As a member of ASTM’s largest committee D02, the company helps develop test methods that ensure the safety of gasoline, diesel fuel, motor oil and liquid propane. Larry Tucker, Vice President of Business Development at Metrohm USA, leads the company’s efforts to work with the scientific community to solve common industry problems....
The vaccine development specialist Themis Bioscience successfully closed a Series B financing round of 10 Mio Euro.
The fresh capital will be used to complete a phase 2 clinical trial of its lead product, a vaccine candidate against Chikungunya fever. Further products that will benefit include the company's Zika virus vaccine whose development just recently received significant financial support by Innovate UK....
The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) is celebrating five years of driving forward health innovation in the North of England.
Since its beginnings in 2011 the NHSA has worked to be a voice for the North’s Health Science community joining together the top eight research universities, top eight NHS teaching Trusts and its four academic health science networks.
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that it has entered into a set of agreements with Evotec AG, whereby Evotec AG will provide screening services for Merck's collection of genetic reagents such as CRISPR and shRNA libraries.
Combining access to these libraries with Evotec's screening expertise offers an accelerated pathway to explore and identify new drug targets. "Drug discovery starts with the identification of new targets, a process that can be time- and labor-intensive," said Theresa Creasey, Head of Applied Solutions Strategic Marketing & Innovation, Life Science...
Read MoreWatson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group Acquires Aflex Hose LtdDec 21, 2016
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group strengthens its product portfolio through the acquisition of Aflex Hose Limited.
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies, has acquired Aflex Hose Limited and its subsidiary Aflex Hose USA LLC (Aflex) through its parent company Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, for £61.4 million...
Automated, walkaway solutions standardise and streamline the path to accurate therapeutic diagnoses, benefitting both laboratories and patients
Beckman Coulter has launched two automated systems in the UK to ease rapidly increasing workloads in microbiology and virology departments. The DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics system, for same-day molecular viral load testing, and the MicroScan Microbiology Systems for microorganism identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing....
With 35 million biospecimens, cohort biobank will be one of the world’s largest
Hamilton Storage and Hamilton Robotics announced today that they will build automated sample storage and liquid handling systems to be used in the biobank infrastructure for Mayo Clinic, which was awarded funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create the All of Us Research Program (formerly the Precision Medicine Initiative’s Cohort Program)...
Huber Kältemaschinenbau receives “Environmental Prize 2016” from the state of Baden-Württemberg / Environmental Minister Franz Untersteller presents award in Stuttgart
Environmental Minister Franz Untersteller awarded the “Environmental Prize for Companies 2016” on 17 November 2016 in Stuttgart. Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG from Offenburg received the award in the category of manufacturing companies. Huber is a pioneer in the development of environmentally friendly chillers and temperature control devices....
Partnership combines MolPort’s 6.3 Million HTS Compounds with StarDrop’s data analysis and compound design capabilities
Optibrium™, a developer of software for small molecule design and optimisation, today announced a collaboration with MolPort, the provider of a comprehensive chemicals database, marketplace and order fulfilment platform. The collaboration offers StarDrop™ users fully integrated access to MolPort’s drug discovery database of 6.3 million commercially available screening compounds....
Bibby Scientific Ltd announced today that it will be taking over the distribution of Argos Technologies products, outside of the USA and Asia Pacific, from December 2016.
As Bibby Scientific and Argos Technologies are now both part of the Cole-Parmer group, this gives the company an opportunity to streamline customer experience in the EMEA market. The distribution of the Argos Technologies products through Bibby Scientific’s European hub means that customers will have a single source for life science equipment and consumables....
ZEISS will provide 1 million euros for innovative research projects at the EPFL
ZEISS will support innovative research projects at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, abbr. EPFL). The company will make one million euros available for new research projects in key technology fields such as biomedical research, medical diagnostics and visualization as well as optical metrology and inspection...
Research report from Mind Metre presents evidence of the high value offered by pathology services, and suggests that current efficiency savings plans be reviewed
A new report from independent research organisation MindMetre has summarised the evidence for return-on-investment from pathology services in the NHS and questioned any urgent pressure to consolidate pathology laboratories - within and between NHS trusts....
Autoscribe Informatics, developer and supplier of the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), has moved to larger premises in the UK.
As from 21st November, 2016, the company’s headquarters are located in Aldermaston, near Reading in the UK. This is a seamless transition for customers as the telephone number, e-mail addresses and website URL all remain unchanged. John Boother, President of Autoscribe Informatics, said: “This expansion is the latest phase in a period of sustained investment into Autoscribe’s worldwide business....
Edinburgh Instruments are pleased to announce that we have been accepted to the Scottish Business Pledge, as part of its ongoing commitment to delivering fairness and equality in the work place.
The Scottish Business Pledge is a values-led partnership between the Scottish Government and business. It is a shared ambition of boosting productivity, competitiveness, sustainable employment, and workforce engagement and development. Edinburgh Instruments pays all employees at least the Living Wage and has no employees on zero hours’ contracts....
AgileBio, a leading global provider of collaborative tools that enhance research productivity and traceability to scientist teams in industry and academia and Mind The graph, the leader of creative life sciences infographics, have announced a technology partnership and integration.
The partnership provides a new scientific communication plugin for the LabCollector Electronic Lab Notebook. Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), for those who are familiar, allows researchers to document, share and search experiments. In this way, lab heads can manage and follow more efficiently the current projects in the lab, which are accessible online and shared among colleagues....
Sophia Genetics and Horizon Discovery Group plc have entered into a new partnership to improve the quality of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based genetic testing in oncology patient samples.
Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon’s HDx™ Reference Standards will be combined with Sophia Genetics’ artificial intelligence, providing hospitals and laboratories with more accurate and high quality NGS testing services, assays and genomic data analysis....
The successful science and technology site, Discovery Park, has been bought by investment company Discovery Park Estates Ltd.
The deal sees a change of shareholders in the commercial and industrial facilities immediately. The original shareholders will continue as the owners of the company that manages Discovery Park on a day-to-day basis, Parkserve Ltd, and as owners of the residential land....
More than 100 industrial customers, government representatives, and members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attended the gathering. Spectro Scientific global sales vice president Yuegang Zhao, company chief financial officer Carey Ross, and the staff of the Spectro Beijing office hosted the event, where local speakers revealed development trends in oil analysis technologies implemented in Chinese industrial facilities....
The global Preparative and Process Chromatography market is categorized on the basis of products and services, end user, and geography. The service segment is expected to register the highest growth rate in the Preparative and Process Chromatography market, by products and services, during the forecast period....
Kerafast Inc., developers of an industry-leading online platform to facilitate accessibility to unique bioresearch materials from laboratories across the globe, is celebrating its five-year anniversary this December. Since its founding in December 2011, Kerafast has partnered with more than 140 prominent academic institutions to facilitate access to research tools....
“The addition of Apex further strengthens our expanding global team allowing us to provide experienced local support to new and existing users. It is also a mark of our growing global presence and customer base after another record sales year” says Tim Freeman, Managing Director of Freeman Technology. Apex will supply the Freeman Technology range of products, including the FT4 Powder Rheometer® and the new Uniaxial Powder Tester, providing a...
The funding has enabled the central-Europe based company to strengthen its pharmaceutical development services and establish a new R&D department, with 25 employees now based at its facility in Hlohovec, Slovakia. Saneca Pharma received the four-year grant in partnership with organic synthesis specialist, TAU-CHEM Ltd....
As a member of ASTM’s largest committee D02, the company helps develop test methods that ensure the safety of gasoline, diesel fuel, motor oil and liquid propane. Larry Tucker, Vice President of Business Development at Metrohm USA, leads the company’s efforts to work with the scientific community to solve common industry problems....
The fresh capital will be used to complete a phase 2 clinical trial of its lead product, a vaccine candidate against Chikungunya fever. Further products that will benefit include the company's Zika virus vaccine whose development just recently received significant financial support by Innovate UK....
Combining access to these libraries with Evotec's screening expertise offers an accelerated pathway to explore and identify new drug targets. "Drug discovery starts with the identification of new targets, a process that can be time- and labor-intensive," said Theresa Creasey, Head of Applied Solutions Strategic Marketing & Innovation, Life Science...
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies, has acquired Aflex Hose Limited and its subsidiary Aflex Hose USA LLC (Aflex) through its parent company Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, for £61.4 million...
Beckman Coulter has launched two automated systems in the UK to ease rapidly increasing workloads in microbiology and virology departments. The DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics system, for same-day molecular viral load testing, and the MicroScan Microbiology Systems for microorganism identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing....
Environmental Minister Franz Untersteller awarded the “Environmental Prize for Companies 2016” on 17 November 2016 in Stuttgart. Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG from Offenburg received the award in the category of manufacturing companies. Huber is a pioneer in the development of environmentally friendly chillers and temperature control devices....
Optibrium™, a developer of software for small molecule design and optimisation, today announced a collaboration with MolPort, the provider of a comprehensive chemicals database, marketplace and order fulfilment platform. The collaboration offers StarDrop™ users fully integrated access to MolPort’s drug discovery database of 6.3 million commercially available screening compounds....
As Bibby Scientific and Argos Technologies are now both part of the Cole-Parmer group, this gives the company an opportunity to streamline customer experience in the EMEA market. The distribution of the Argos Technologies products through Bibby Scientific’s European hub means that customers will have a single source for life science equipment and consumables....
ZEISS will support innovative research projects at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, abbr. EPFL). The company will make one million euros available for new research projects in key technology fields such as biomedical research, medical diagnostics and visualization as well as optical metrology and inspection...
A new report from independent research organisation MindMetre has summarised the evidence for return-on-investment from pathology services in the NHS and questioned any urgent pressure to consolidate pathology laboratories - within and between NHS trusts....
As from 21st November, 2016, the company’s headquarters are located in Aldermaston, near Reading in the UK. This is a seamless transition for customers as the telephone number, e-mail addresses and website URL all remain unchanged. John Boother, President of Autoscribe Informatics, said: “This expansion is the latest phase in a period of sustained investment into Autoscribe’s worldwide business....
The Scottish Business Pledge is a values-led partnership between the Scottish Government and business. It is a shared ambition of boosting productivity, competitiveness, sustainable employment, and workforce engagement and development. Edinburgh Instruments pays all employees at least the Living Wage and has no employees on zero hours’ contracts....
The partnership provides a new scientific communication plugin for the LabCollector Electronic Lab Notebook. Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), for those who are familiar, allows researchers to document, share and search experiments. In this way, lab heads can manage and follow more efficiently the current projects in the lab, which are accessible online and shared among colleagues....
Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon’s HDx™ Reference Standards will be combined with Sophia Genetics’ artificial intelligence, providing hospitals and laboratories with more accurate and high quality NGS testing services, assays and genomic data analysis....
The deal sees a change of shareholders in the commercial and industrial facilities immediately. The original shareholders will continue as the owners of the company that manages Discovery Park on a day-to-day basis, Parkserve Ltd, and as owners of the residential land....