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Agilent Technologies reports decreased revenues of $1.17 billion for the fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, 2009

Agilent Technologies Inc. today reported revenues of $1.17 billion for the fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, 2009, 21 percent below one year ago. Fourth quarter GAAP net income was $25 million, or $0.07 per diluted share. Last year’s fourth quarter GAAP net income was $231 million, or $0.64 per share.

13 Nov 2009

Millar Instruments and Harvard Apparatus announce a new distribution partnership

Millar Instruments, Inc. developer and manufacturer of Mikro-Tip® pressure transducer catheters and pressure-volume (P-V) systems and Harvard Apparatus, manufacturer of specialty life science equipment, today announced a new distribution partnership.

13 Nov 2009

Arrayit Diagnostics develops diagnostic tests for early cancer detection

Arrayit Corporation announced today that the company's majority owned subsidiary, Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc., will launch the most intensive marketing campaign in the company's thirteen-year history. The company is currently developing several diagnostic tests that will provide early detection for cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and other disease states.

12 Nov 2009

Meridian Bioscience announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 were $42,461,000 as compared to $36,475,000 for the same period of the prior fiscal year, an increase of 16%. Net earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 were $8,930,000, or $ 0.22 per diluted share, up 16% over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008.

12 Nov 2009

Butterfly experiment in space

When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across the nation.

11 Nov 2009

Life Technologies to acquire BioTrove

Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioTrove, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

10 Nov 2009

BioVex completes $70M financing to complete OncoVEX Phase III study

BioVex Inc, a company developing new generation biologics for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease, announced today that it has concluded a $70 million private financing, raising $30 million in addition to the $40 million announced in March. The proceeds of the financing will primarily be used to complete the ongoing Phase III pivotal study of OncoVEX (GM-CSF) for the treatment of recurrent and metastatic melanoma and to fund pre-commercialization activities.

10 Nov 2009

Third quarter 2009 financial results announced by IntelGenx Technologies

IntelGenx Technologies Corp. (TSX VENTURE:IGX) (OTCBB:IGXT) ("IntelGenx") today announced its results, reported in US dollars, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

10 Nov 2009

Labcyte to receive $5.5 million from Hercules Technology Growth Capital

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTGC), the leading specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity-backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development, today announced that it has committed to provide Labcyte, Inc. (www.labcyte.com) $5.5 million in credit facilities.

9 Nov 2009

SEED Competition launched in China

Roche, OrbiMed, and McKinsey officially launched the SEED Competition at the Beijing International Healthcare Industry Forum today. This is one of the first life sciences business plan competitions in Greater China.

9 Nov 2009

Demand for products and services by life science industry is expected to grow rapidly

We Work for Health, an alliance of Washington state business, academic, government and community leaders, today released the results of a first-of-its-kind economic impact study showing that employment in Washington's life sciences sector has passed many of the traditional resource-based industries on which the state's economy was founded, and is in the same range of importance as some of the new, technology-based industries of the state.

7 Nov 2009

Cosmeceutical industry records increased growth

The global market for cosmeceuticals (cosmetics offering health benefits) is growing nearly twice as fast as the overall cosmetics and toiletries market. However, in order to sustain such rapid growth, manufacturers and brand owners must fill a relentless demand for new ingredient concepts in a context of changing government regulations, market dynamics and cultural trends.

4 Nov 2009

Sigma-Aldrich, Polyplus-transfection sign licensing agreement to manufacture ZNA oligonucleotides

Sigma-Aldrich today announced a worldwide licensing agreement with Polyplus-transfection (Strasbourg, France) to manufacture and commercialize Zip Nucleic Acid (ZNA(TM)) oligonucleotides, a new technology that provides solutions for increased affinity for nucleic acids.

3 Nov 2009

A new blood test for breast cancer

A healthy 44-year-old woman will celebrate many future birthdays thanks to the efforts of Dr. Keri Sweeten and a new blood test for breast cancer

3 Nov 2009

New state-of-the-art biotechnology center opened on the West Coast

As part of its strategy to discover and develop more biotechnology medicines, Eli Lilly and Company today officially opened a new state-of-the-art biotechnology center on the West Coast.

30 Oct 2009

Highly publicized vaccine products not only boost pharmaceutical companies, but also benefit others

Highly publicized vaccine products not only boost the bottom lines of pharmaceutical companies, but also benefit insurance companies, doctors and retailers with their businesses, according to analysis of the recent flu vaccine season by life science market research publisher Kalorama Information.

30 Oct 2009

ZyGEM signs an agreement with VERITAS Japan to distribute DNA extraction products to the Japanese market

ZyGEM Corp. Ltd., a provider of innovative enzyme-based products for DNA extraction and other life sciences applications, today announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with VERITAS Japan to distribute ZyGEM's DNA extraction products to the Japanese market.

29 Oct 2009

GeneGo to launch new web site with high quality pathway content

GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that they will be launching a new web site with FREE high quality pathway content. On www.genego.com, anyone can now search for genes, proteins, compounds, processes and diseases and access high quality manually curated pathway maps for human, mouse and rat signaling and metabolism.

29 Oct 2009

BioMed Realty Trust signs a ten-year lease with Broad Institute in Cambridge

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. today announced the signing of a new lease at its 301 Binney Street laboratory research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The world-renowned Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard agreed to a ten-year lease for approximately 80,000 square feet in the heart of Cambridge's biotechnology super-cluster.

29 Oct 2009

BioMed Realty Trust reports increased revenues of $93.0 million for the third quarter

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust focused on Providing Real Estate to the Life Science Industry®, today announced operating and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

29 Oct 2009

Life science News and Research

Agilent Technologies reports decreased revenues of $1.17 billion for the fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, 2009

Millar Instruments and Harvard Apparatus announce a new distribution partnership

Arrayit Diagnostics develops diagnostic tests for early cancer detection

Meridian Bioscience announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

Butterfly experiment in space

Life Technologies to acquire BioTrove

BioVex completes $70M financing to complete OncoVEX Phase III study

Third quarter 2009 financial results announced by IntelGenx Technologies

Labcyte to receive $5.5 million from Hercules Technology Growth Capital

SEED Competition launched in China

Demand for products and services by life science industry is expected to grow rapidly

Cosmeceutical industry records increased growth

Sigma-Aldrich, Polyplus-transfection sign licensing agreement to manufacture ZNA oligonucleotides

A new blood test for breast cancer

New state-of-the-art biotechnology center opened on the West Coast

Highly publicized vaccine products not only boost pharmaceutical companies, but also benefit others

ZyGEM signs an agreement with VERITAS Japan to distribute DNA extraction products to the Japanese market

GeneGo to launch new web site with high quality pathway content

BioMed Realty Trust signs a ten-year lease with Broad Institute in Cambridge

BioMed Realty Trust reports increased revenues of $93.0 million for the third quarter

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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