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Techne acquires Tocris Holdings

Techne Corporation announced today that it has acquired 100% ownership of Tocris Holdings Limited and subsidiaries, a leading supplier of reagents for non-clinical life science research.

3 May 2011

LSI announces publication of Emerging Medtech Companies report

Life Science Intelligence, a leading medical technology market intelligence firm, has announced the publication of its Report on Emerging Medtech Companies in Q1 2011.

30 Apr 2011

GE Healthcare reaches agreement to acquire Applied Precision

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Applied Precision, Inc., a supplier of innovative cellular imaging technologies for the fast-growing cell biology and biomedical research sectors.

28 Apr 2011

LSP announces initial public offering of Life Sciences Fund on NYSE Euronext

LSP Advisory B.V., a group company of LSP, one of Europe's largest and most reputable specialized healthcare and biotechnology investment firms, today announced the initial public offering of the LSP Life Sciences Fund N.V. on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.

27 Apr 2011

Cephalon files definitive Consent Revocation Statement, recommends shareholders to reject Valeant's proposals

Cephalon, Inc. today announced that it has filed a definitive Consent Revocation Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging shareholders to reject Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.'s proposals to remove Cephalon's entire Board of Directors and replace them with nominees hand-picked by Valeant.

22 Apr 2011

Engineering researchers use carbon nanotubes to create synthetic brain

Engineering researchers the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube synapse circuit whose behavior in tests reproduces the function of a neuron, the building block of the brain.

22 Apr 2011

Aduro raises $19.25 million through Series B equity financing

Aduro BioTech, a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, announced today that it has completed its Series B equity financing from a combination of current investors and Morningside Ventures, bringing the total capital secured in this round to $19.25 million. In addition, Ms. Stephanie O'Brien, who represents Morningside, has joined Aduro's Board of Directors.

20 Apr 2011

SERI selects AB SCIEX TripleTOF 5600 system to test chronic eye inflammations

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that the Singapore Eye Research Institute, an internationally known eye research center, will advance biomarker candidates it identified for chronic inflammatory eye conditions into large-scale clinical trials for validation with the AB SCIEX TripleTOF™ 5600 System.

20 Apr 2011

Ahram Biosystems launches portable Palm PCR thermocycler system

Ahram Biosystems, Inc., a leading innovator of new life science tools, today announced the launch of the Palm PCR system, an innovative portable PCR device that delivers high performance nucleic acid amplification in a small handheld format.

18 Apr 2011

CoDa Therapeutics raises $19.2 million in Series B financing

CoDa Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has raised $19.2 million in a Series B financing. Current investors Domain Associates, GBS Venture Partners and BioPacificVentures participated in the round. The company expects further Series B financing with participation from additional investors in a second closing, scheduled for a future date.

18 Apr 2011

Eagle and Cognizant partner with Pistoia Alliance for sequence services

Cognizant, a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, and Eagle Genomics Ltd., a bioinformatics software company specializing in genomic data management and integration, today announced they are working with the Pistoia Alliance, Inc., a nonprofit, precompetitive alliance of life science companies and vendors, as one of the groups engaged to develop a conceptual cloud-based platform to facilitate access to public and proprietary sources of gene sequence data.

12 Apr 2011

Deloitte, QB3 partner for bioscience innovation

The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences has entered into a collaboration with Deloitte to help the institute in its efforts to convert bioscience innovation into a driver for jobs, companies and improved health in California.

12 Apr 2011

McKinley Infocapital to distribute Biofield Breast Diagnostic System in Korea

Biofield Corp. announced today that its 51% owned subsidiary, Sky Unicorn Holdings Ltd., has engaged McKinley Infocapital as its exclusive distributor in Korea for its flagship product, the Biofield Breast Diagnostic System (BDS). McKinley Infocapital, an international business consulting and investment management firm, has formed MacKay Life Sciences Korea to market and promote the BDS in Korea.

8 Apr 2011

How the pharmaceutical industry is confronting a changing landscape

News outlets report on strategies and trends regarding research and development as well as drug pricing.

8 Apr 2011

Scarab Genomics, CellMed enter agreement for Clean Genome E. coli Technology

Scarab Genomics announced a strategic agreement today with CellMed AG, a BTG International group company, in which CellMed AG will use Scarab Genomics' Clean Genome E. coli Technology in a new product development in the life science field.

7 Apr 2011

Promega expands into Brazil

With the expansion of Promega Corporation into Brazil, now scientists in life science research, drug discovery, human identity and clinical diagnostics have direct access to technical service, fast delivery and the ability to request a quote online in Brazil. Promega online capabilities, tailored to meet the needs of Brazilian scientists, include access to extensive resources including online chat in Portuguese.

5 Apr 2011

Agilent launches SureCycler 8800 thermal cycler

Agilent Technologies, Inc. today introduced the Agilent SureCycler 8800, a full-featured thermal cycler that eliminates the need to choose between popular features of other major PCR instruments.

5 Apr 2011

Medical industry veteran set to play key role as Microvisk gears up to launch Smartstrip®

Microvisk Technologies, the developer of a handheld system to monitor the blood clotting status of patients taking the drug Warfarin, today announced that it has strengthened its Board with the appointment of medical industry veteran, Bill Moffitt, as Chairman and Peter Whitehouse as CFO.

4 Apr 2011

Axxora.com to distribute TGR's new ELISAONE technology assay reagents in the US and South America

TGR BioSciences, a leading global provider of advanced cell based assay technologies in the fields of cancer, kinase and GPCR research, is extremely pleased to announce a distribution partnership with Axxora.com of San Diego, CA, US, a leading online global market place resource for innovative and high quality Life Science research reagents.

4 Apr 2011

Bruker closes acquisition of Michrom

Bruker today announced the closing of its acquisition of Michrom Bioresources, Inc. (Michrom), a 20 year old, privately owned company located in Auburn, California, after receiving unanimous Michrom shareholder approval. The acquisition is not expected to have a material effect on Bruker's 2011 financials.

4 Apr 2011