January to May 2009
Ablynx Announces That its vWF Nanobody® Programme Has
Been Granted Orphan Drug Designation and Provides a Business Update for the
First Quarter 2009
MALVERN INSTRUMENTS - Zetasizer APS
delivers, automated protein aggregate detection
Former MJ distributor enters thermal cycler
market with "credit-crunching" GS-482
mtm laboratories and MetaSystems agree on partnership to
develop Automated CINtec Cytology Imaging System
GE Healthcare Introduces ÄKTAmicro Liquid
Chromatography System
Gene Bridges Licenses Recombineering Technology to
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
DxS and Exiqon Diagnostics to host a
joint Personalized Cancer Therapy workshop during the ASCO Annual Meeting
TTP LabTech combines microplate cytometer with
Invitrogen reagents to maximise HCS parameters
Ablynx Appoints Medical Director and Business
Development Director
Biotech (GM) crops making important contributions to
sustainable farming
BioInvent Appoints Head of Preclinical Research
Biotage Introduces New High Performance SNAP Cartridges
for Improved Separations
euroPLX Introduces Dynamic Partnering Focus Concept
IDBS Wins Innovation in Business at Prestigious Business
Awards
IDBS' ChemBook to Support Australian CSIRO's
Internationally Acclaimed Polymer Research
First-of-Kind TearLab Product, Developed by
Invetech, Wins MDEA Award
Thermo Fisher Scientific Releases
Watson LIMS 7.4,Delivering Time and Cost Savings to the Bioanalytical
Laboratory’s Workflow
GE Healthcare Launches HiTrap Albumin & IgG
Depletion and Albumin & IgG Depletion SpinTrap Prepacked Column
Automated SDS-PAGE in 1 minute per sample - Lab 901
launches ScreenTape for rapid protein electrophoresis and analysis
GxP Consulting Extends Portfolio With Increased
Computer Systems Validation Services
KAHR Medical and Cobra Partner to Develop Trans Signal
Converter Protein Production
Latest Research Shows Proof of Concept in the
Development of New Drugs to Regenerate Damaged Tissues and Organs
Genetix Announces Acquisition of SlidePath - Strengthens
Offering for Digital Pathology Market
GE Healthcare Launches Facility Validation
Services
GE Healthcare Extends HiScreen Prepacked Column
Range
L.A.B. Trade fair and conference for analysis, bio and
laboratory equipment in the UK
G-BOX Chemiluminescence Imager is used at
Prestigious Research Institute - To Rapidly Determine the Pre-clinical Potential
of Anti-Cancer Compounds
Cytori and GE Healthcare form partnership to
commercialize StemSource products in the U.S.
Nabriva Therapeutics Appoints New Supervisory Board
Member
“Implementing a Mission Critical
Client/Server Chromatography Data System for Continuous Uptime – Application of
Thermo Scientific Atlas CDS and Microsoft Cluster Service”
Simcyp enhances flagship Simulator in line with
pharmaceutical industry priorities
Two promotions for DxS New Software
allows automated testing of K-RAS status of colorectal cancer patients
BioInvent Reports Positive Phase I Results for
BI-204, in Development for Prevention of Cardiovascular Conditions Associated
with Atherosclerosis
Important initiatives by GSK to respond to the new
influenza A (H1N1) strain
TTP LabTech announces revenue growth and a push on
R&D
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Unique
Automated Microplate Mover at Society of Biomolecular Sciences 2009
Oxford Expression Technologies
Introduces a New Range of Transfer Plasmids and Expands Distribution Network
BioFocus DPI and MMV collaborate to identify
anti-malarial compounds
BioFocus DPI enhances high-throughput screening (HTS)
library
BioFocus DPI Launches Six New Compound Libraries at SBS
2009
KINAXO reveals mTOR as a new target of
CelebrexR
Astech Projects Receives Queen's Award for
Enterprise: Innovation 2009
Marinomed Granted European Patent for Antiviral
Polymer
Oxford BioMedica and Sanofi-Aventis Enter New
Collaboration to Develop Gene-Based Treatments for Ocular Diseases
Management Forum is going to the USA!
New Automated TLC Plate Reader Range - Analyses Results
of Coloured and Fluorescent Samples in Seconds
ProtAffin AG completes €14 million Series B Financing
Round
GE Healthcare Biacore Technology Pioneers Honored
With SBS PolyPops Award 2009
GE Healthcare Introduces the IN Cell Analyzer
2000 Cell Imaging System - For flexible and fast High Content Analysis
Linguamatics Integrates ChemAxon Technology to
Provide Enhanced Chemical Text Mining Capabilities
Olympus introduces versatile new colour camera for
material and life science - Outstanding resolution and colour quality
Biota (ASX:BTA) announces Relenza royalties of AU$32.3M
(US$22.9M) for the 3 months ended 31 March 09 – a 17 times increase on previous
Dec 2008 quarter royalties of AU$1.9M
Olympus introduces new LEXT OLS4000 optical metrology
instrument - Enhanced functionality for exceptional performance
Glasgow’s ClinTec International is major sponsor of
Gulf’s premier pharma expo
ELGA Launches the PURELAB flex Water Purification System
Linguamatics Named Company of the Year 2009 by the
University of Cambridge Computer Lab Ring
Pantec Biosolutions Reports Successful
Phase I Study into the Delivery of Triptorelin Using P.L.E.A.S.E.R Technology
GE Healthcare Launches Suite of 2-D
Electrophoresis Products - Providing Synchronized Solution for Improved 2-D
Electrophoresis and 2-D DIGE
Florida Prescription Monitoring Legislation H.B.
143 Nears Passage
SpePharm announces a claim in excess of 35 million
Euros against BioAlliance Pharma for breaking up their Joint-Venture SpeBio
Astex Reports Positive Clinical Biomarker Data from its
Phase I study on CDK Inhibitor AT7519 at the AACR Annual Meeting 2009
Astex Presents Key Data Differentiating its Phase I
HSP90 inhibitor, AT13387, at the AACR Annual Meeting 2009
IDBS’ E-WorkBook for biology (BioBook) selected to provide
GLP data management for a leading FDA Approved CRO
Malvern moves to direct support for
Viscotek products in India
DBV Technologies Signs Strategic Agreement
with Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Office of Technology Transfer and
Industrial Partnerships
GE Healthcare Celebrates 20 Years of
Prepacked HiPrep Chromatography Columns
Successful Vaccination Against
Anthrax Supports Cobra's Oral Vaccine Delivery Technology
Make Analysing the Potency of Flu Vaccines Ten
Times Faster With ProtoCOL’s New SRD Zone Measurement Features
Good Products to Showcase Electronic Document Management
Solutions at the 45th DIA Annual Meeting
Thermo Fisher Scientific Unveils New
Informatics Offerings at ACHEMA 2009
Horizon Discovery Sign Three-Year
Collaboration with Genentech
Thermo Fisher Scientific Moves Science
Forward at ACHEMA 2009
IDT Buys VH Bio's Oligo Business
Astex Achieves Milestones in Drug Discovery
Collaboration
Biota (ASX:BTA): Daiichi Sankyo exercise right to market
CS-8958 in Japan
Horizon Secures World-Wide Exclusive License
from University of Maryland, Baltimore on new X-MAN Cell Lines
Instruments + software + standards = new solutions
from PANalytical at ACHEMA 2009
Horizon Secures World-Wide Exclusive
License from University of Maryland, Baltimore on new X-MAN Cell Lines
Sirius Analytical launch new SiriusT3
instrument for fully automated ionisation, lipophilicity and solubility
measurement
Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerates Drug
Discovery Process with New Maybridge Quick2LeadT Compound Kits
Gene Bridges Licenses Recombineering Technology
to Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
First time at ACHEMA for latest systems as
Malvern shows breadth of materials characterization range
Exco InTouch to Showcase Innovative Patient
Communications Solutions at the 45th DIA Annual Meeting
Water-wise solutions from agricultural biotech
Astex Awarded £2 Million from Wellcome Trust for
Pioneering HCV Research
DxS' TheraScreenR: K-RAS Mutation
Kit (CE-IVD) Available for Use in European Union on the Roche LightCyclerR 480
Instrument II
College Hill Appointed By London South Bank
University
Malvern exhibits Viscotek chromatography
solutions at ACS Spring Meeting
ImVisioN Therapeutics Reports Positive Phase I Clinical
Results for Treatment of Cat Dander Allergy - Initiates Series B Financing Round
2008-09 European arable crop profit margins:
6th edition now available
Dutch Government supports AM-Pharma in development
of first drug against Acute Kidney Injury
Studies in Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neurochemistry Show Targeting the Nrf2
Pathway Shows Promise for CNS Disease
RTS Life Science Announces Availability Of New A-Range
Automated Storage Systems Product Literature
Evolva starts Phase I Clinical Trials on EV-077
New Water Immersion Objective Designed For
Multiphoton Imaging
New from Syngene - World’s Simplest to Use
Chemiluminescent Imaging Systems
Thermo Fisher Scientific Partners
with Symyx Technologies, Inc. to Offer Enterprise Level Electronic Laboratory
Notebook
LOOKING FOR A HEALTHY INVESTMENT? INVESTMENT MANAGER VIEWS
ON BIOTECHNOLOGY/LIFE SCIENCES
New service helps biotechs raise awareness
Mediwatch plc signs five year distribution
agreement with Inverness Medical Innovations
SOLVO-XenoTech-Sekisui Transporter and
Metabolism Symposium
ValiRx Announces Promising In Vivo Data for Therapeutic
Cancer Compound VAL 101, Based on its Gene Silencing GeneICET Technology
Platform
Aquapharm Strengthens Management Team with
Appointment of New Chairman and CFO
Astech Projects Launch the Xelair Series 5
automated inhaler tester
Beauty of Science Celebrated at Times Square -
Displaying Winning Images from GE Healthcare’s IN Cell Image Competition
First patient treated with implant for
regenerative repair of articular cartilage and bone
EuroPLX 39 Lisbon Sets New Partnering Conference
Benchmarks
ProImmune accelerates development of therapeutics
with REVEAL B Cell Epitope Discovery System
PANalytical launches Omnian: the new benchmark
for standardless analysis
NICE AND GSK GO HEAD-TO-HEAD ON DRUG PRICING AT BUPA
HEALTH DEBATE
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Introduces Connects: Elevating the Role of Laboratory Informatics into the
Enterprise
BioFocus DPI Extend Drug Discovery Collaboration with
Eli Lilly
The Immunovirology Division of the French Atomic Energy
Agency selects IDBS's BioBook to manage its research data
GxP Consulting Extends Regulatory Compliance
Product Portfolio
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Launches New High Content Application for Automated Genotoxicity Assay at SOT
2009
Agilent Technologies, Protein Discovery
Announce Exclusive Agreement for Worldwide Distribution of PPS Silent Surfactant
Agilent Technologies and National
University of Ireland, Galway, Open Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility
Agilent Technologies Introduces New
Automation Brand, Revolutionary Products at LabAutomation2009
CEVEC to launch CAP-T™ Cell System - Industry’s State
of the Art Human Transient Expression Technology
DxS to hold Dress in Blue Day in
support of the Colon Cancer Alliance
Sentiment in the biopharma industry turns sharply
negative
GE Healthcare and Tecan Collaborate to Improve
the Automation of Process Development
Drug development program started based on CAP Human Cell
Line
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Launches New NanoDrop 2000 Series Spectrophotometers
NextGen Sciences Divests Electrophoresis
Business to Sigma-Aldrich - Completes Strategic Realignment to Focus on Protein
Biomarker Services
Olympus adds further advanced capabilities to the
FluoView FV1000 confocal laser scanning microscope
Index Ventures announces close of 350 million
Euro fund dedicated to early stage and seed investments
Lab21 Acquires Biotec Laboratories - Expands
microbiology product offering in infectious diseases and broadens global
distribution network
SpePharm Holding BV Initiates Legal Actions Against
BioAlliance Pharma for Breaking Up Joint-Venture SpeBio
Biotech needs to embrace “economic reality”, says Amgen
Astex Receives Award from the Multiple Myeloma Research
Foundation to Support Clinical Development of AT7519
Ablynx Announces Second Extension of its NanobodyR
Drug Discovery and Development Programme
Ablynx Receives Euro 3 Million in Milestone Payments
as Part of its Strategic Alliance with Boehringer Ingelheim
Ablynx Announces 2008 Full Year Results
Biota (BTA:ASX) appoints new Chairman
BioInvent Presents Positive Preclinical Data for
BI-505 in Myelom - Antibody targeting ICAM-1 induces tumour cell death in vivo
Gentronix agrees genotoxicity safety screening
agreement with GSK for GreenScreen HC
RTS A3 SmaRTStore Used as Part of a Commercial-Scale
Biorepository by Broad Institute
New Viscotek detector for GPC/SEC allows
sophisticated measurement of proteins and biopolymers
Kinaxo contributes its quantitative
phosphoproteomics platform to a drug efficiency study
Novacta Therapeutics Strengthens
Leadership Team
FDA-compliant Transporter Studies at
Solvo Biotechnology
New poster from Olympus simplifies histological stain
selection
Novozymes Biopharma and Upperton Limited
Granted European Patent for Oncology Technology
BioInvent and ThromboGenics Start Phase II Trial
of TB-402, a Novel, Long Acting Anticoagulant for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Prophylaxis
From eResearchTechnology to ERT The
Philadelphia-based company unveils its dynamic new identity and commits to
‘Getting It Done, Right’.
New OPKA Assay Application Features for ProtoCOL -
Ensure Speedy Analysis of Pneumococcal Vaccines
DBV Technologies Expands Board of Directors
L.A.B. 2009 Trade Fair and Conference Launches
Newly Designed Website With Additional Features for Exhibitors
Biota (ASX:BTA) announces half year net profit of
AU$7.2M
New White Paper Stresses Importance of Understanding
Materials for the Medical Device Industry
More Member States listen to science and farmers on
GMOs
Pantec Biosolutions Expands Scientific
Advisory Board
Ablynx Expands Its Musculoskeletal Portfolio by Taking
P&G Pharmaceuticals’ Programme In-house
Ablynx Announces Technical Advances in it’s Nanobody®
Platform Technology: Enhanced Benefits From Pulmonary Delivery and Half-life
Extension
Ablynx Strengthens Management Team with the
Appointment of Dr Debbie Law as Chief Scientific Officer
13 million farmers around the world can't be
wrong: It’s time to give European farmers the same choice
Molecular Vision Appoints Peter Woodford as
Chairman
ISAAA 2008 Report: Biotech Crops Poised for
Second Wave of Growth
Astex and Cancer Research UK Collaborate on Clinical
Studies of AT9283 in Childhood Cancers
Biota Holdings (ASX:BTA) GSK Imports Additional Relenza
to Japan
ID Business Solutions Enters its 20th Year Announcing
Strong Growth in 2008 and Investment in New Products for 2009
PANalytical at PITTCON 2009 Analytical XRF and XRD
solutions – interactive product simulations – new standardless analysis package
G:BOX Chemi XT16 Image Systems at Major Antibody
Supplier - Quadruples Throughput of Company’s Western Blot Analysis
CERENIS THERAPEUTICS RECEIVES €2.5
MILLION INVESTMENT FROM FRENCH GOVERNMENT THROUGH OSEO
Affimed joins the Molecular Imaging Technology
Initiative - BMBF awards Affimed a funding grant of EUR 550K
Oxford BioMedica Receives Further Investment
Under Agreement Led by the Foundation Fighting Blindness
EuroPLX Meetings Enter 15th Year; the 40th Meeting Now
in Warsaw
Wall Street Veteran, Al Kildani, Joins Kilmer
Lucas as Managing Director & U.S. Practice Leader - Canadian-based Firm Opens
San Francisco Office, Expanding U.S. Presence
BioGenes as new designated partner in EU
funded dementia project
DxS Grants DuPont License to
Scorpions Technology for Food and Beverage Diagnostics
Oxford Expression Technologies
and Eden Biodesign Sign Co-marketing Agreement
‘gelcompany’ becomes new global brand of
Fluorotechnics
Overbooked EuroPLX Closes Ten Days Before Registration
Deadline
TTP LabTech successfully deliver a fully automated
chemistry system for salt and polymorph screening to AstraZeneca
New cleaning verification test - Rapid analysis
with SERS dramatically cuts production downtime
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New
Functionality in its Purpose-Built Darwin LIMS for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
R&D and QA-QC
Oxford Expression Technologies
Launches baculoXPRESS, Custom Protein Expression Services
GE Healthcare Extends PreDictor Range of
Products with New Software and New Plates
Lab21 and BreastHealth UK Form Partnership for Breast
Health Management
AG BIOTECH CAN HELP MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT
WILL EUROPE BENEFIT?
GE Healthcare Introduces Two Protein Extraction
Buffer Solutions to Improve Efficiency
GE Healthcare Introduces 2-D Protein
Extraction Buffer
DxS appoints Jeff Devlin as new
Chief Operating Officer
BioInvent and ThromboGenics Receive Technology
Transfer Success Fee from Roche for the Novel Anti-Cancer Antibody, TB-403
(Anti-PIGF)
Malvern focuses on chemical imaging at
IFPAC-09
ProtAffin AG Granted Patent in EU for Lead
Anti-inflammatory Product PA401
BIOTECH INDUSTRY CALLS FOR EU-WIDE ECONOMIC POLICY
THAT REWARDS RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AND STIMULATES INNOVATION
SCHOTT: New "Sterile Standard Syringe Set" for sampling
purposes
Major European Pharmaceutical Company Installs Tenth
ProtoCOL System
Cobra Biomanufacturing Plc ("Cobra")
GMP Manufacture Deal With Scancell Holdings
Malvern’s Zetasizer APS uses standard
microwell plates for fully automated DLS measurement
BTG plc: Interim Management Statement
Celestial Biologicals collaborates with
GE Healthcare to set up India's first fully integrated chromatography-based
plasma fractionation facility
DBV Technologies raises 6 million (EUR) in
Series B investment and secures new corporate investor
PFC is collaborating with ECPM in its
prestigious program for the postgraduate training in pharmaceutical medicine
DELPHIC ACQUIRES IQUR’S DIAGNOSTICS BUSINESS TO
CONSOLIDATE ITS POSITION WITHIN HIV AND HEPATITIS
Hawaii Biotech Inc. finishes Phase I
West Nile clinical trial
GE Healthcare Introduces illustra triplePrep
Lab21 Promotes its Expanding Range of Immunodiagnostic
Products at Arab Health with a New Human Cytomegalovirus Immunoassay
DxS Expands in US with Appointment
of Jane Papadaki-Markley as Sales and Marketing Director for North America
Orthomimetics Secures CE Mark Approval for
Chondromimetic
Activaero appoints US Pharmaceutical Corporation as
sole U.S. Distributor for Watchhaler
Science or art Stunning images visualize inner
working of cells
PFC Pharma Focus expands its clinical
research services to South America by partnering with Blanchard and Asociados
SRL
College Hill Expands in the U.S.
Viscotek offers unique automated approach
for dilute solution viscometry
X On-The-Beach: GeneWorks forms Commercial
Alliance with Horizon Discovery to Offer World-Leading Translational Genomics
Capabilities to Researchers in Australia and New Zealand
BioPortfolio’s Website Traffic Increases
Over 500%
Australian Cancer Research Organization CTx choose IDBS
to increase efficiency and protect patent data
PerkinElmer and IDBS Announce Software Collaboration to
Improve High Content Screening (HCS) Outcomes for Drug Discovery Research
Aravis Venture II Leads USD 29 M Series B Round in
Synosia Therapeutics
GeneTools and GeneDirectory used at Major Animal
Research Centre
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Significant
Darwin LIMS Installation at Brazilian Pharmaceutical Powerhouse, Eurofarma
DxS extends EGFR license with
Genzyme Genetics to include US and Canada
Lab21 Successfully Closes Funding Round of GBP2.2m
Evolva submits CTA for first-in-man study with new
cardiovascular drug
Agilent Technologies Renews Appointment
of Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy as Certified Service Provider for
CGH, Gene Expression, MicroRNA Microarrays
Santa’s secrets revealed on TV - Analyzing
Christmas chocolate using PANalytical X'Pert PRO
Horizon Discovery Sign Screening Agreement
with Actelion Pharmaceuticals
DxS Wins North West Biomedical
Company of the Year Award
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