Carl Friedrich Zeiss was born in the German city of Weimar on 11 September 1816. The company ZEISS is celebrating the 200th birthday of its founding father by organizing many different activities and events – in addition to the Carl Zeiss Day on 11 September 2016 in downtown Jena, there will also be a touring exhibition and a book. ZEISS will celebrate its prominent founder together with players from the city of Jena, the ZEISS...
New international cGMP & cGDP certification for pharmaceutical excipients, growing food safety concerns, increased importance of chromatography tests in drug approvals, and incessant new product launches are major factors driving this market. In addition, the chromatography instruments market has witnessed various technological advancements to meet the needs of biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies; food and beverage, chemical...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it received the in vitro diagnostics device (IVDD) CE mark for its Thermo Scientific Prelude MD HPLC, Endura MD mass spectrometer and ClinQuan MD software. Available for general in vitro diagnostic use in Europe, clinical laboratories now have access to a high performance liquid chromatograph, mass spectrometer and LC-MS software designed and manufactured for in...
Horizon to receive exclusivity payments totaling £660,000 (c$1,000,000) across an initial three year term with a further potential £1,275,000 (c$1,950,000) across years four to six if Abcam extends the exclusive period
The main goal of the trade mission was to enable participating companies to gain insight in the workings of the NHS, to find new British partners and distributors; and establish new partnerships by discussing directly with NHS officials and UK companies what the Netherlands can offer in terms of technology and high-quality equipment in health care. During the 4 day visit, the delegates participated in a full day at Citylabs in Manchester to learn about...
Data sciences is an integral part of the company’s service, delivering real-time data to customers for review and interpretation, enabling crucial dosing decisions to be made during the course of a study. Greg Johnson, the new Vice President of Data Sciences, joined Quotient in March 2015 and has over 25 years’ industry experience of directing biometrics and data sciences in large contract research organizations. Mark Egerton, CEO of Quotient Clinical said...
Copper is a powerful antimicrobial with rapid, broad-spectrum efficacy against bacteria and viruses, including MRSA, E.coli and norovirus. It shares this benefit with a range of copper alloys – such as brasses and bronzes – forming a family of materials collectively called ‘antimicrobial copper’. John Jerger of Triple Red UK, who supplied and installed the NuAire incubator, explains: ‘Bacterial contamination was a particular concern for this client, so we supplied...
The two companies will jointly market Phenomenex Strata™ and Strata-X SPE sorbents adapted to Tecan’s Freedom EVO® series of robotics workstations. The solution is especially geared to high-throughput customers in pharmaceutical research, clinical and food testing environments using mass spectrometry detection methods. As part of the global agreement, Tecan will provide the instruments and automation support, and Phenomenex will provide the extraction...
Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the high technology company developing the next generation of miniaturised mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, is pleased to announce that its product range is now compatible with Clarity Chromatography Software, the advanced Chromatography Data Station developed by Data Apex.
The MedTechSouthEast programme, supported by AXA PPP healthcare, gives south-east based individuals and teams with a technology at proof of concept stage a chance to compete for one of ten places on the intensive coaching course, which will be led by design experts and medical technology industry leaders. The ten finalists will also be automatically entered into the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Awards 2016, an initiative that aims to recognise...
LINK the innovative developer and manufacturer of nucleic acid reagents, has announced the appointment of a new distributor in Switzerland - Chemie Brunschwig AG. This is LINK’s first formal partnership in Europe, and an important part of its strategy to strengthen Company representation in important market segments, thus increasing access to LINK’s range of innovative reagents for oligo therapeutics and diagnostics. Chemie Brunschwig AG distributes...
For complimentary access to more information on this research, please visit:Revenues from reagents for clinical applications will be greater than the profits from research-use-only reagents. This is because the demand for in vitro diagnostic kits is high for several clinical applications, such as the analysis of leukemia and lymphoma, enumeration of stem cells, diagnosis of HIVinfection and immunodeficiency diseases, as well as quality control...
Linkam's continued growth in sales worldwide has led to a further hire in the support team under sales and marketing manager, Duncan Stacey. He outlines the position: “With our sales and product development being driven by feedback from our users a Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, are pleased to announce a new member of staff to join their growing sales and marketing support team. Linkam's continued...
This marks its fourth acquisition since it was formed in July 2014. Led by Executive Chairman Michael Fort and Chief Executive Officer Alan Morgan the Concept Life Sciences Group currently has over 600 staff in 11 core locations, with advanced plans for further expansion into continental Europe. CXR Biosciences is a leading investigative toxicology business. Its in-house expertise assists international life sciences companies to resolve issues relating to...
This appointment became effective July 1, 2015. He succeeds Andries Peter Jan van den Broek who has left the company. Before joining Leica Microsystems, Markus Lusser was Vice President Global Sales and Customer Support with Sciex. Sciex produces analysis instruments and, like Leica Microsystems, belongs to the U.S. company, Danaher Corporation. Lusser holds an Electrical Engineering Degree in Telecommunications and Electronics from...
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is showcasing its DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System* at the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, 9-12 September 2015 on booth G5 where delegates can learn more about this new instrument that is set to revolutionise laboratory workflow. Recent evaluations undertaken in the UK and Spain have shown that DxN VERIS is simple to use (routine operator training taking approximately...
Superbugs are becoming an increasing problem in hospitals as bacteria become more and more resistant to our existing antibiotics. The Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies recently said that if we don’t tackle the problem now our grandchildren will not thank us. All the medical procedures we currently take for granted such as cancer treatment, open heart surgery, hip and knee replacement and organ transplantation will become much more...
baseclick GmbH is part of a Marie Curie actions research program within the 7th framework program EScoDNA (an Initial Training Network, ITN). The EScoDNA program is a joint initiative by leading scientists in this field from recognized universities and companies. The research within this project focuses on the application of DNA nanotechnology in the key sectors life science and biomedicine. In January 2015, baseclick has been awarded another...
This facility with validated temperature-controlled supply chain capabilities will serve as the operations and warehousing hub for our Life Sciences and Medical Device customers throughout Europe. “The demand for our services particularly in biologics, cold chain and medical devices logistics in the EMEA region has been tremendous and we have seen double digit growth in the past 12 months,” said Paul J. Martins, MNX CEO and President. “Customers with...
XEI Scientific has appointed a new distributor for the UK and Irish markets. Founded in 2012, EM Resolutions offers a wide range of consumables and accessories for the electron microscopy market place. Steve Cham, Sales Director of EM Resolutions, is excited by the prospect of teaming up with XEI. “XEI is the technology leader with their Evactron De-Contaminator systems. The products are a natural fit to our current portfolio and we are confident...