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Sigma-Aldrich launches SAGEspeed, a program for developing human disease models in rodents

Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced the launch of SAGEspeed(TM), a program to develop human disease models in rodents using its proprietary novel CompoZr(TM) Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) gene editing technology (http://www.compozrzfn.com).

19 Oct 2009

Olympus unveils new surgical instruments for single-incision procedures

Olympus, a precision technology leader, creating innovative opto-digital solutions in healthcare, life science and consumer electronics products, today introduced three new surgical instruments specifically designed for Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site (LESS) surgery

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 19 Oct 2009

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Pharma IQ, a division of IQPC, held the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals, September 21-24, 2009 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA (www.coldchainpharma.com). This industry-leading global forum gathered more than 350 pharmaceutical, regulatory and logistic experts to address the greatest challenges supply chain professionals face today.

From IQPC Ltd 15 Oct 2009

Financial update from Gerresheimer

In the first nine months of the financial year (December 2008 - August 2009), Gerresheimer AG achieved sales of EUR 744.3m (prior year EUR 783.4m). Excluding the Technical Plastics business which has been sold, sales totaled EUR 714.9m, a reduction of 1.7% compared with the prior year. The corresponding operating margin (adjusted EBITDA) for the first three quarters continued on a high level at 17.9%.

15 Oct 2009

Linguamatics launches I2E 3.1 text mining platform for pharmaceutical companies

Linguamatics, a leader in enterprise text mining for the life science and other markets, today announced the availability of I2E 3.1 for unlocking value from the wealth of unstructured text resources available to pharmaceutical companies. I2E is a high performance natural language processing (NLP)-based text mining platform that streamlines knowledge discovery from text.

15 Oct 2009

Biocartis announces the successful closing of Series A equity financing round

Biocartis SA, a diagnostics company focused on fast and low-cost, integrated molecular and immunodiagnostics based on its proprietary micro-technology platform, today announced the successful closing of a Series A equity financing round. The Company raised EUR 10 million (~ USD 14.9 million) from a syndicate of leading life science investors.

15 Oct 2009

UT Southwestern Medical Center awarded $15.7M NIH contract to develop a new virus database

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $15.7 million contract to UT Southwestern Medical Center and Northrop Grumman Corp. to develop an open-access national online database and analysis resource center that will help scientists study and combat viruses such as those that cause hepatitis, encephalitis, smallpox, acute respiratory distress and dengue fever, as well as newly emerging pathogenic viruses.

15 Oct 2009

Commonwealth Biotechnologies to acquire GL Biochem

Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. has recently announced a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Shanghai-based GL Biochem and associated businesses (the “GL Group”), the largest global supplier of research-grade peptide products and peptide reagents.

15 Oct 2009

DNA authentication technology to distinguish between in-vivo and in-vitro DNA

Nucleix, Ltd., an emerging life science company specializing in forensic DNA analysis, announced that company researchers today presented its DNA authentication technology, a novel assay to distinguish between in-vivo (real) and in-vitro (fake) DNA, at the 20th International Symposium on Human Identification in Las Vegas, Nevada.

15 Oct 2009

Nano Gen Teknolojileri to distribute Fluidigm's BioMark and EP1 genetic analysis systems in Turkey

Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Nano Gen Teknolojileri Ltd. as its exclusive distributor for the BioMark™ and EP1™ Systems for genetic analysis in Turkey. The BioMark System provides significant advantages for digital and real-time PCR, genotyping, single-cell gene expression, cancer detection and absolute quantification.

15 Oct 2009

Advanced Projects Group and Cellectricon collaborate to produce the Dynaflow HT patch clamp equipment system

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leading supplier of innovative automation for life science applications today announced its Advanced Projects Group, has successfully collaborated with Cellectricon, the Swedish provider of innovative screening solutions for drug discovery, to produce fully automated high throughput patch clamp equipment known as the Dynaflow®HT System.

From Cellectricon 14 Oct 2009

Global POC market to increase from $12.8 billion in 2008 to $17.8 billion by 2014, says report

According to a new report distributed by Life Science Intelligence (LSI), the global point-of-care (POC) testing market will experience dramatic growth from $12.8 billion in 2008 to $17.8 billion by 2014.

14 Oct 2009

Prolifiq partners with EthicsPoint to offer compliance monitoring solutions

Today at the annual AdvaMed medical technology industry conference, Prolifiq (booth #219), leading provider of Good Promotional Practices software, announced a partnership with EthicsPoint, the global authority in integrated hotline and case management solutions.

13 Oct 2009

NuGEN Technologies enters NGS applications market

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., an innovator in genomic sample preparation, makes a dramatic entry into the next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications market with the strategic addition of a team of experts in NGS, the opening of a new Seattle research facility, and — by year’s end — the launch of a simplified sample preparation kit capable of working from reduced starting material for next-generation RNA-Seq.

13 Oct 2009

The Automation Partnership's ambr technology to be previewed at the Bioprocess International Conference

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, is exclusively previewing its Advanced Microscale BioReactor (ambr™) technology on Booth 914 at the Bioprocess International Conference in Raleigh, USA.

13 Oct 2009

Biotech Showcase inks pact with Astia to help women-led biotech companies

EBD Group and Demy-Colton Life Science Advisors, the producers of Biotech Showcase™, and Astia today announced a strategic collaboration designed to ensure that women-led biotech companies gain the investor and industry relationships needed to successfully grow their businesses.

12 Oct 2009

Heptares Therapeutics to apply its StaR technology to generate novel drug leads against GPCR target

Heptares Therapeutics Ltd, the drug discovery company focused on G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets, announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with the Novartis Option Fund under which Heptares will apply its proprietary StaR(TM) technology to generate novel drug leads against a nominated, unspecified GPCR target of interest to Novartis.

12 Oct 2009

TGen selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations

SAIC-Frederick Inc., under its prime contract with the National Cancer Institute, has named the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) as one of five national centers selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations.

9 Oct 2009

Burnham Institute officially dedicates its new research facility at Lake Nona

Today, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) officially dedicated its new 175,000-square-foot scientific facility and marked the opening of Orlando’s Medical City as a life science center. Burnham at Lake Nona is the research anchor for the new development in southeast Orange County and the east coast campus of the La Jolla, Calif.-based institute.

9 Oct 2009

Journalists meet to discuss different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society

More than 90 journalists from all over the world meet in Heidelberg, today, for the 4th Alumni Conference of the International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP). In keynote-speeches, panel discussions and excursions participants will discover different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society.

8 Oct 2009

Life science News and Research

Sigma-Aldrich launches SAGEspeed, a program for developing human disease models in rodents

Olympus unveils new surgical instruments for single-incision procedures

Pharma IQ reports on the 7th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals conference

Financial update from Gerresheimer

Linguamatics launches I2E 3.1 text mining platform for pharmaceutical companies

Biocartis announces the successful closing of Series A equity financing round

UT Southwestern Medical Center awarded $15.7M NIH contract to develop a new virus database

Commonwealth Biotechnologies to acquire GL Biochem

DNA authentication technology to distinguish between in-vivo and in-vitro DNA

Nano Gen Teknolojileri to distribute Fluidigm's BioMark and EP1 genetic analysis systems in Turkey

Advanced Projects Group and Cellectricon collaborate to produce the Dynaflow HT patch clamp equipment system

Global POC market to increase from $12.8 billion in 2008 to $17.8 billion by 2014, says report

Prolifiq partners with EthicsPoint to offer compliance monitoring solutions

NuGEN Technologies enters NGS applications market

The Automation Partnership's ambr technology to be previewed at the Bioprocess International Conference

Biotech Showcase inks pact with Astia to help women-led biotech companies

Heptares Therapeutics to apply its StaR technology to generate novel drug leads against GPCR target

TGen selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations

Burnham Institute officially dedicates its new research facility at Lake Nona

Journalists meet to discuss different aspects of biotechnology and its impact on society

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

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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