Phlexglobal US expansion continues with Philadelphia office launchJul 1, 2011Phlexglobal, the leading support contract research organization for TMF and eTMF management, has today announced its expansion across the United States with the opening of an office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Phlexglobal's expansion across the US follows the success enjoyed by the organization's California office which has seen exponential demand for its services across the North American territory...
Read MoreSANYO leads the way on Medical Device certificationJul 1, 2011SANYO underlines a strong commitment to product design, quality and safety by becoming one of the first major international companies to gain Medical Device certification to European Council directives 93/42/EEC and 2007/47/EC across a wide range of refrigeration and incubation products. Customers looking for blood bank refrigerators, plasma and ultra-low temperature freezers or CO2 incubators to preserve or cultivate cells, tissues and blood components for human use can be sure that SANYO products meet current and future regulatory requirements...
Read MoreAstellas Pharma and BioFocus sign target discovery agreementJul 1, 2011BioFocus announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. focused on discovering novel targets in the field of CNS disorders. Under the agreement, BioFocus will utilize its SilenceSelect® target discovery platform to deliver validated targets to enhance the Astellas neurology pipeline and will receive research funding and success payments based on the progress of the collaboration...
Read MoreMalvern Zetasizer Nano shows aptitude for interdisciplinary research at PurdueJul 1, 2011Researchers at the Birck Nanotechnology Center (BNC) within Purdue University's unique Discovery Park, are finding the Malvern Instruments Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system is ideally suited to the center's interdisciplinary research environment. The system is housed within the Chemical Nanotechnology/Microfluidics laboratory and users range from those who are highly experienced with the instrument to complete novices...
Read MoreScrip Launches 7th Annual Pharma Industry AwardsJun 30, 2011SCRIP Intelligence- the flagship title of the global pharmaceutical industry - has opened nominations for its internationally renowned annual awards ceremony, the Scrip Awards 2011. The black tie dinner event will be held on November 3rd in the Ballroom at London's famous Grosvenor House Hotel, where some 600 guests will pay tribute to their peers at the pharmaceutical industry's most prestigious and hotly-contested awards event...
Read MoreSAW Instruments Launches the sam5 GREEN Acoustic Biosensor and Reaches Into the US MarketJun 30, 2011SAW Instruments GmbH, today announced the launch of the sam®5 GREEN acoustic biosensor, and the availability of its family of sam®5 acoustic biosensors in the US market. Founded on SAW's proprietary Surface Acoustic Wave technology, sam®5 offers precise, real-time, label-free measurement of biomolecular interactions... Read MoreAstech Projects to Offer Automation Consultation at European Lab AutomationJun 29, 2011This year at European Lab Automation (ELA), in Hamburg, Astech Projects will be providing consultation to the Life Science sector. Astech's dedicated laboratory automation staff will be available at ELA to advise on the considerations and processes required for implementing a bespoke lab automation system. Established to design, develop and deliver innovative bespoke automation solutions, Astech's consultants and engineers are well positioned to automate any laboratory workflow or process...
Read MoreTTP LabTechJun 29, 2011TTP LabTech is celebrating the 10th year of comPOUND®, the world's first automated, modular microtube store, for the secure storage of chemical and biological compound libraries. Using pneumatic technology and specialist sample processing software, comPOUND® has the ability to cherry pick individual tubes, providing extremely rapid access to a range of library subsets as required...
Read MoreHow to choose a microarray service providerJun 29, 2011Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has recently published a whitepaper entitled "10 essential questions to ask your microarray service provider". The document, which is available to download at OGT's website, suggests the 10 most important questions a researcher should ask when identifying which microarray service best meets their experimental requirements...
Read MoreNovozymes Biopharma collaborates with the University of Oslo to develop enhanced albumin fusion technology that tailors the half-life of proteinsJun 29, 2011Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, the world leader in bioinnovation, has unveiled its enhanced next-generation albumin technology, which was developed in collaboration with the University of Oslo, Norway, one of the world's leading institutions in the research of albumin variants and the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). Built on Novozymes' original Albufuse platform, the proprietary Albufuse Flex technology has been designed to enable users to adapt and control the pharmacokinetics of their target protein or peptide with retained efficacy, ensuring flexibility and optimal use...
Read MoreSigma Life Science and King's College London co-developing miRNA Target Identification TechnologyJun 29, 2011Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), and King's College London, today announced an exclusive license to develop and commercialize new technology for the identification and validation of microRNA (miRNA) targets in research and clinical diagnostics...
Read MoreDionex Updates Application for More Sensitive Testing of Toxic Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking WaterJun 29, 2011Dionex is pleased to announce the release of Application Update 179: Sensitive Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water. Concern about the dangers of hexavalent chromium in drinking water has been rising as the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has said that chromium-6 in drinking water shows evidence of carcinogenic activity. In addition, after the United States EPA released its Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium report, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) agency has issued a new Public Health Guideline (PHG) for chromate at 0.02 ppb in drinking water...
Read MoreBringing Automation into BiobanksJun 28, 2011Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, is pleased to announce that the World Biobanking Summit will join the highly topical conference streams already confirmed at this unique laboratory automation conference and exhibition. With wide ranging and cutting edge discussion topics, Select Biosciences is offering the opportunity to initiate discussion at all levels of the Biobanking community...
Read MoreSales, service and maintenance of Huber baths and circulators by Labtex LtdJun 28, 2011Choosing a knowledgeable and reliable supplier for your Huber temperature control system is important. We can help you. Ensuring that that equipment is maintained in tip top condition is equally important and we have been working with Huber to support critical equipment across the UK for years...
Read MoreJun 28, 2011Hichrom Limited have launched a new breakfast seminar - "Practical Chiral Chromatography - a User's Perspective." This seminar is being held in Cambridge (27th July), Oxford (28th September), York (26th October) and Manchester (23rd November) and costs just £25...
Read MoreMalvern Instruments sponsors UK Colloids 2011Jun 28, 2011Malvern Instruments is a major sponsor for UK Colloids 2011, a new international colloid and surface science symposium that takes place in London, UK, from 4-6 July. The event, jointly organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Colloid and Interface Science Group and the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Colloid and Surface Science Group, is an opportunity for researchers to discuss current issues in the field. Scientists from Malvern will take an active role in the conference itself and part of Malvern's support for the meeting includes sponsorship of the poster prize...
Read MoreSherwood makes the best chloride analyser even betterJun 27, 2011Sherwood Scientific announces a significant update of the much admired Model 926 Chloride Analyser. Featuring a redesigned PCB, sealed face-plate and a new backlit LCD display, this latest version retains the excellent accuracy and reliability which have made Sherwood's Model 926 the instrument of choice in manufacturing, food analysis, and clinical applications (Model 926S)...
Read MoreVideo Demonstrates How Easy DLS Has BecomeJun 24, 2011A new video from Avid Nano demonstrates how easy making precise DLS measurements has become using their W130i dynamic light scattering system with patent pending 5µl BladeCellTM disposable cuvettes...
Read MoreFree Microplate-shaped USB Memory StickJun 24, 2011We know that your laboratory works with microplates - but how do you save the data you generate from them? Porvair Sciences Ltd. is offering free-of-charge, for a limited time, attractive microplate-shaped 1GB USB memory sticks just for this purpose. Tell us the main application your lab uses microplates for and the memory stick is yours!
Read MoreAutoscribe Launch New WebsiteJun 24, 2011Autoscribe Ltd has re-developed its UK website. The new site has been designed to give potential customers more information about Matrix products including LIMS, tracking solutions and quality compliance software. In addition to all of the useful information the site contains you can download PDFs of product information and case studies to give you even more information about Autoscribe Matrix products...
Read MoreFluidigm Announces One Billion NanoFlex Valves ShippedJun 23, 2011Fluidigm has announced that its Singapore factory has now manufactured and shipped more than 1 billion microscopic NanoFlexTM valves. Each NanoFlex valve is so small that it takes 10 to span the width of a human hair. The billion valves built into Fluidigm's integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) are equivalent to the number of valves required for all the conventional plumbing for every home in California, Texas and New York (the three most populous states in the United States of America)...
Read MoreQuotient Clinical expands clinical capacity in response to customer adoption of its Synthesis-to-Clinic human ADME serviceJun 23, 2011Quotient Clinical, a business unit of Quotient Bioresearch ("Quotient"), today announced the completion of a major expansion of its clinical facilities in Nottingham, UK. Bed capacity has been increased by 50 per cent and a dedicated sample processing laboratory for human ADME studies has been incorporated. The new facilities have been inspected and approved for use by the UK regulatory authority, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and have been awarded Supplementary Accreditation...
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Phlexglobal, the leading support contract research organization for TMF and eTMF management, has today announced its expansion across the United States with the opening of an office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Phlexglobal's expansion across the US follows the success enjoyed by the organization's California office which has seen exponential demand for its services across the North American territory...
SANYO underlines a strong commitment to product design, quality and safety by becoming one of the first major international companies to gain Medical Device certification to European Council directives 93/42/EEC and 2007/47/EC across a wide range of refrigeration and incubation products. Customers looking for blood bank refrigerators, plasma and ultra-low temperature freezers or CO2 incubators to preserve or cultivate cells, tissues and blood components for human use can be sure that SANYO products meet current and future regulatory requirements...
BioFocus announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. focused on discovering novel targets in the field of CNS disorders. Under the agreement, BioFocus will utilize its SilenceSelect® target discovery platform to deliver validated targets to enhance the Astellas neurology pipeline and will receive research funding and success payments based on the progress of the collaboration...
Researchers at the Birck Nanotechnology Center (BNC) within Purdue University's unique Discovery Park, are finding the Malvern Instruments Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system is ideally suited to the center's interdisciplinary research environment. The system is housed within the Chemical Nanotechnology/Microfluidics laboratory and users range from those who are highly experienced with the instrument to complete novices...
SCRIP Intelligence- the flagship title of the global pharmaceutical industry - has opened nominations for its internationally renowned annual awards ceremony, the Scrip Awards 2011. The black tie dinner event will be held on November 3rd in the Ballroom at London's famous Grosvenor House Hotel, where some 600 guests will pay tribute to their peers at the pharmaceutical industry's most prestigious and hotly-contested awards event...
SAW Instruments GmbH, today announced the launch of the sam®5 GREEN acoustic biosensor, and the availability of its family of sam®5 acoustic biosensors in the US market. Founded on SAW's proprietary Surface Acoustic Wave technology, sam®5 offers precise, real-time, label-free measurement of biomolecular interactions... 
This year at European Lab Automation (ELA), in Hamburg, Astech Projects will be providing consultation to the Life Science sector. Astech's dedicated laboratory automation staff will be available at ELA to advise on the considerations and processes required for implementing a bespoke lab automation system. Established to design, develop and deliver innovative bespoke automation solutions, Astech's consultants and engineers are well positioned to automate any laboratory workflow or process...
TTP LabTech is celebrating the 10th year of comPOUND®, the world's first automated, modular microtube store, for the secure storage of chemical and biological compound libraries. Using pneumatic technology and specialist sample processing software, comPOUND® has the ability to cherry pick individual tubes, providing extremely rapid access to a range of library subsets as required...
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has recently published a whitepaper entitled "10 essential questions to ask your microarray service provider". The document, which is available to download at OGT's website, suggests the 10 most important questions a researcher should ask when identifying which microarray service best meets their experimental requirements...
Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, the world leader in bioinnovation, has unveiled its enhanced next-generation albumin technology, which was developed in collaboration with the University of Oslo, Norway, one of the world's leading institutions in the research of albumin variants and the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). Built on Novozymes' original Albufuse platform, the proprietary Albufuse Flex technology has been designed to enable users to adapt and control the pharmacokinetics of their target protein or peptide with retained efficacy, ensuring flexibility and optimal use...
Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), and King's College London, today announced an exclusive license to develop and commercialize new technology for the identification and validation of microRNA (miRNA) targets in research and clinical diagnostics...
Dionex is pleased to announce the release of Application Update 179: Sensitive Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water. Concern about the dangers of hexavalent chromium in drinking water has been rising as the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has said that chromium-6 in drinking water shows evidence of carcinogenic activity. In addition, after the United States EPA released its Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium report, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) agency has issued a new Public Health Guideline (PHG) for chromate at 0.02 ppb in drinking water...
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, is pleased to announce that the World Biobanking Summit will join the highly topical conference streams already confirmed at this unique laboratory automation conference and exhibition. With wide ranging and cutting edge discussion topics, Select Biosciences is offering the opportunity to initiate discussion at all levels of the Biobanking community...
Choosing a knowledgeable and reliable supplier for your Huber temperature control system is important. We can help you. Ensuring that that equipment is maintained in tip top condition is equally important and we have been working with Huber to support critical equipment across the UK for years...
Hichrom Limited have launched a new breakfast seminar - "Practical Chiral Chromatography - a User's Perspective." This seminar is being held in Cambridge (27th July), Oxford (28th September), York (26th October) and Manchester (23rd November) and costs just £25...
Sherwood Scientific announces a significant update of the much admired Model 926 Chloride Analyser. Featuring a redesigned PCB, sealed face-plate and a new backlit LCD display, this latest version retains the excellent accuracy and reliability which have made Sherwood's Model 926 the instrument of choice in manufacturing, food analysis, and clinical applications (Model 926S)...
A new video from Avid Nano demonstrates how easy making precise DLS measurements has become using their W130i dynamic light scattering system with patent pending 5µl BladeCellTM disposable cuvettes...
We know that your laboratory works with microplates - but how do you save the data you generate from them? Porvair Sciences Ltd. is offering free-of-charge, for a limited time, attractive microplate-shaped 1GB USB memory sticks just for this purpose. Tell us the main application your lab uses microplates for and the memory stick is yours!
Autoscribe Ltd has re-developed its UK website. The new site has been designed to give potential customers more information about Matrix products including LIMS, tracking solutions and quality compliance software. In addition to all of the useful information the site contains you can download PDFs of product information and case studies to give you even more information about Autoscribe Matrix products...
Fluidigm has announced that its Singapore factory has now manufactured and shipped more than 1 billion microscopic NanoFlexTM valves. Each NanoFlex valve is so small that it takes 10 to span the width of a human hair. The billion valves built into Fluidigm's integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) are equivalent to the number of valves required for all the conventional plumbing for every home in California, Texas and New York (the three most populous states in the United States of America)...
Quotient Clinical, a business unit of Quotient Bioresearch ("Quotient"), today announced the completion of a major expansion of its clinical facilities in Nottingham, UK. Bed capacity has been increased by 50 per cent and a dedicated sample processing laboratory for human ADME studies has been incorporated. The new facilities have been inspected and approved for use by the UK regulatory authority, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and have been awarded Supplementary Accreditation...