PhysIOL SA and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG have settled their legal dispute about patents and utility models for trifocal intraocular lenses (IOL) out of court.
Under a Settlement agreement, the two parties have agreed to permit the unrestricted distribution of products from the FINEVISION line (PhysIOL SA) and AT LISA tri line (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG) as well as products based on this technology. Contrary to a statement made in an earlier press release by PhysIOL SA in the course of the proceedings, PhysIOL SA recognized IP rights held by Carl Zeiss Meditec AG and therefore accepted entering into an agreement with...
Abcam plc, a leading provider of protein research tools and services, announced today it has launched an exclusive range of highly validated conjugated antibodies for use in key imaging applications including immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, and fluorescent western blotting. Abcam’s conjugated antibodies enable scientists to easily perform multi-protein analysis. It is essential for scientists to study and image proteins in their...
Application Brief 171: High-Resolution Separation of a Fusion Protein demonstrates that two different HIC columns—the Thermo Scientific™ ProPac™ HIC-10 column and the new MAbPac™ HIC-10 column—can each perform this challenging separation. While the ProPac HIC-10 column is an established column for the analysis of monoclonal antibody post-translational modifications, the MAbPac™ HIC-10 column exhibits the best performance....
The first is for the continued supply of the company’s Spectroil MN/W optical emission (OE) spectrometers. The second is for the global service and support of the company’s widely deployed Spectroil OE spectrometers. Both contracts are exclusive to Spectro Scientific, run approximately five (5) years in length, and are estimated to have a total value to the company of $18M to $22M. Spectro Scientific President and CEO Brian Mitchell said, “Spectro Scientific has...
With the increase in complexity and viscosity of samples, however, it is necessary to use the horizontal mode. The multi EA® 5000 combines both modes in one and the same device. The double furnace can be quickly set up vertically or horizontally. The use of only one multi-purpose combustion tube for all standard applications makes conversion child's play. Therefore the multi EA® 5000 perfectly meets the requirements of...
Source BioScience, the international laboratory services and products business, today announced the launch of an updated version of its GenomeCUBE® search engine, an intelligent and powerful clone, antibody and protein products search and buying tool, which gives researchers easy access to millions of products, as well as Source BioScience’s scientific and technical support services. Users can enter free text in GenomeCUBE, which...
An automatic 10% discount on the purchase price coupled with its unique standalone performance capability make the DV3T the “best buy” opportunity for customers looking to purchase new or upgrade their existing viscometer. This special offer runs for 90 days from September thru November 2014....
This deepened interest has been echoed by the US FDA, for example, through research grants supporting the identification of realistic in-vitro clinically relevant representations of the human throat, as well as a dissolution method for inhaled product testing. To help meet this pressing need for better IVIVCs, Copley Scientific has refined the design of a number of pieces of in-vitro testing equipment to enable a streamlined, easy-to-use, and...
This agreement provides researchers with an integrated and fully automated ISH solution. The market-leading RNAscope LS reagent kits and ISH probes are available from ACD while the BOND RX instrument and associated reagents are supplied by Leica Biosystems. ACD's RNAscope assays represent a major technological advance for in situ RNA detection. For the first time, robust single RNA molecule detection is available for...
The transaction is expected to close in September 2014. With this acquisition, Analytik Jena AG will enter the rapidly growing global ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) market. Analytik Jena will thereby further broaden its atomic spectroscopy portfolio, and will be among the few suppliers that offer all three core technologies for elemental trace analysis (AAS, ICP-OES & ICP-MS)...
This range of cabinets is particularly suitable for handling non-pathogenic samples in applications related to hospital protocols and clinical pharmacy, in vitro fertilisation, food quality control and microbiology, in vitro cultivation of plant and animal cells, microbiology and clean rooms for pharmaceutical, veterinary and food industries, as well as hospitals, universities and research centres....
Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in instrumentation for characterization of macromolecules and nanoparticles, is pleased to announce co-presentation of a webinar in partnership with Freeslate. Covering the “Application of Automation for Biologics Formulation Preparation and Stability Studies” and sponsored by Freeslate, the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for biopharmaceutical development, the webinar will take place on...
A team of physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics is gaining unique insights into the nature of solid materials by monitoring the behaviour of quasi-crystalline 'super atoms' created inside a giant, room-sized Quantum Simulator, capturing the interactions with an Andor iXon 897 EMCCD camera.
The group report that the possible consequences of international spread are particularly serious, and that a coordinated international response is necessary. The outbreak has now become the largest ever reported, with more than 1700 cases and 900 deaths. The discussions highlighted inadequate healthcare infrastructure in the most affected countries, and a high proportion of cases in healthcare workers due to inadequate use of...
Miltenyi Biotec announced today that it has acquired the lentiviral vector manufacturing business and related assets from US company Lentigen Corporation, a global leader in lentiviral technology for cell and gene therapy applications. The acquisition further strengthens Miltenyi Biotec’s portfolio in cell and gene therapy. Assets obtained in the transaction include a broad range of intellectual property, process technologies, and...
Although body motion sensors already exist in different forms, they have not been widely used due to their complexity and cost of production. Now researchers from the University of Surrey and Trinity College Dublin have for the first time treated common elastic bands with graphene, to create a flexible sensor that is sensitive enough for medical use and can be made cheaply. Once treated, the rubber bands remain highly pliable. By fusing this material with graphene - which imparts an electromechanical response on movement – the team discovered that...
The move follows the recent announcement from the company’s Executive Chairman, Peter Selkirk, in which he called for UK hospitals to rethink their approach to hazardous waste disposal in the wake of the outbreak. In the statement he claimed that the UK was “woefully underprepared when it comes to hazardous waste disposal in high-risk environments” and that the recent outbreak should “provide a wake up call to the UK”...
IdentiSNP has been developed to ensure that IdentiGEN can offer its customers the most competitive low-density (1-300SNP per sample) SNP genotyping solutions globally. The new assay chemistry, for which patents have been filed, has been delivering transformational improvements in DNA sample analysis since it was put into production testing earlier this year. In particular the technology can reduce the labour cost of data scoring by more than 60%, as IdentiSNP is a single read end-point assay. The experience within IdentiGEN’s own facilities has been a...
Purite experts will be on hand to explain how its water purification units deliver optimum performance and efficiency to meet and exceed the varying needs of modern laboratories. Purite’s Select Lab range, featuring the Analyst, HP, Fusion and Neptune, offers users a wide variety of water purification options, with purity capability ranging from 1.0 M?.cm to 18.2 M?.cm, and production rates of 4 to 48 litres per hour. The Analyst is ideal for...
The endowment will help support the planned Distinguished Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series in the Department of Chemistry. North Carolina State University is part of a system of 17 different public campuses which was chartered in 1789 which includes the NC School of Science and Mathematics, the first of its kind in the US to foster the growth of gifted high school students. The University of North Carolina System has nearly...