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Voicebrook to Exhibit at THE Pathologists’ Meeting: CAP ‘15
Company celebrates its 10th anniversary of participation at the annual College of American Pathologists event. - October 02, 2015 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Altogen Biosystems Releases Competitive In Vivo Polymer Kit
Altogen Biosystems has exclusively developed a highly effective In Vivo Polymer Transfection Kit that is capable of delivering siRNA, mRNA, small proteins, and DNA into various rodent tissues for pre-clinical and laboratory research. The efficacy of the Altogen Biosystems new in vivo transfection... - October 02, 2015 - Altogen Biosystems
New Generation of Tissue-Targeted Nanoparticle Based In Vivo Transfection Kit for Animal Research Developed by Altogen Biosystems
Researchers can now effectively deliver molecular targeted medicines into a myriad of tissues using nanotechnology. Altogen Biosystems has developed a new generation of highly efficient Nanoparticle-based In Vivo Transfection Kit that it exclusively manufactures. Nanoparticle technology can be... - October 02, 2015 - Altogen Biosystems
Pharma Cold Chain Experts Will Meet in London to Discuss Temperature-Controlled Distribution Strategy for Ambient Biologics Product and Reach to Emerging Markets
SMi Group Reports: Leading Pharma Cold Chain Distribution Experts from Genzyme, Pfizer, MHRA, World Courier, American Airlines and more will meet at the SMi Group’s 10th annual Cold Chain Distribution Conference - September 30, 2015 - SAE Media Group
FDA Renews Pinnacle 21 as Software Provider for DataFit
Pinnacle 21 announced today that it has been selected to provide custom software and related services to support the FDA’s DataFit program, which serves to expedite the new drug application process. - September 26, 2015 - Pinnacle 21
Xhale Submits Biomarker Qualification Package to FDA for Medication Adherence Monitoring Tool
Xhale, Inc. announced today that it has submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the first Biomarker Qualification package for a Drug Development Tool for medication adherence monitoring. The submittal to FDA marks an important step for the company’s patented SMART® Medication... - September 25, 2015 - Xhale Inc
Marriage of Science and Marketing Makes Beautiful Skin Affordable
RxGenesys blends high-end stem cell tech with smart distribution and devoted customers to bring celebrity beauty secrets to real women -- on a budget. Less than three minutes and $1.50 a day visibly improve the skin’s appearance. When Sports Illustrated goddess Paulina Porizkova burst onto... - September 21, 2015 - RxGenesys
Voicebrook Selects St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as 2015 #EmployeeConnect Charity Recipient
Company commits to raising money through support of charitable events - September 14, 2015 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Novatein Biosciences (NovaTeinBio.com) Launches Food ELISA Kits
Novatein Biosciences (www.novateinbio.com) continues to expand its product line with the launch of food ELISA kits. - September 12, 2015 - Novatein Biosciences
Houston Startup Noninvasix Earns Spot in Prominent Healthcare Startup Accelerator Program
Patient monitoring developer joins Health Wildcatters’ third startup class - September 10, 2015 - Noninvasix
NanoCellect and UCSD Team Up on Single-Cell Sorting and Analysis
NanoCellect Biomedical, a developer of affordable and accessible flow cytometry and cell sorting technology for life science researchers, begins a collaboration with UCSD to develop single cell applications based on their WOLF Cell Sorter. The WOLF Cell Sorter enables easy-to-use cell sorting that... - September 02, 2015 - NanoCellect
VIRUN® NutraBIOsciences™ Relocates R&D to Pomona, Presenting at Upcoming Cognitive Health Online Summit, Exhibiting at SupplySideWest & Announces VIRUN T-Shirt Trend
The Cognitive Health Online Summit will occur on September 2, 2015, and will feature Philip Bromley discussing Smart Delivery Technologies. VIRUN signs a lease for a new R&D facility in Pomona, California. SupplySide West Expo 2015 is right around the corner, and VIRUN is sure to be a crowd pleaser as it goes back in time to deliver the future of functional beverages. VIRUN has added a “Shop VIRUN” page to proliferate the VIRUN phenomenon. - September 01, 2015 - VIRUN
Oral Cancer Awareness Key to Survival
Scripps Oral Pathology Service (SOPS) offers CE course in Del Mar, CA, "Oral Pathology: From Differential Diagnosis to Biopsy." - August 26, 2015 - Scripps Oral Pathology Service
ALPCO Releases New STELLUX® Chemiluminescent Adiponectin ELISAs
ALPCO has launched its new STELLUX® Chemiluminescent Total Adiponectin and HMW Adiponectin ELISAs. - August 25, 2015 - ALPCO
Molecular Innovations, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent for Human Prorenin ELISA Kit
Molecular Innovations, Inc. has been issued United States Patent Number 9,085,795 for its unique and novel “Human Prorenin ELISA Kit.” - August 23, 2015 - Molecular Innovations
Voicebrook to Sponsor at the Cortex User Group 2015
Spotlight on Pathology Sciences Medical Group (PSMG) VoiceOver® integration - August 21, 2015 - Voicebrook, Inc.
CRO Analytics Appoints Bruce Wakeman as Chief Commercial Officer
CRO Analytics, the leading provider of clinical research quality performance indicators, announced today that Bruce M. Wakeman has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Wakeman will be responsible for CRO Analytics’ overall commercial strategy and execution, and will implement... - August 20, 2015 - CRO Analytics
Concept Life Sciences Acquires CXR Biosciences to Augment Its Expanding Service Base in Discovery and PreClinical Sciences
Concept Life Sciences, scientific Laboratory and consultancy group has acquired CXR Biosciences. This marks its fourth acquisition since it was formed in July 2014. Led by Executive Chairman Michael Fort and Chief Executive Officer Alan Morgan the Concept Life Sciences Group currently has over 600... - August 18, 2015 - Concept Life Sciences
NanoHybrids Launches Gold Nanoparticles Custom Designed to Improve Lateral Flow Quality and Reproducibility
Careful selection of indicator particles is absolutely critical to the performance of any lateral flow assay. NanoHybrids’ new line of monodisperse gold nanoparticles can enable the development of lateral flow assays that meet the highest specifications of the industry, particularly with respect to sensitivity and reproducibility. - August 16, 2015 - NanoHybrids
ABR Launches Bovine Polyomavirus Testing Service
ABR (now a VMRD division) announced today the availability of a new testing service that can detect the presence of bovine polyomavirus (BPyV) in animal origin products, master virus seeds, and other sample types. This infectivity assay, without using non-infectivity assays such as PCR, has the... - August 12, 2015 - VMRD, Inc.
Global Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Market to Reach $8,599.5 Million by 2020
The Asian market, especially India and China, is expected to witness a boost in demand for NGS products and services and are poised to register maximum growth over the next five-six years, as a result of their economic development, increasing genetic research and development activities, drastically reduced mass scale genetic testing costs, and the growing focus of the global NGS players in this region. - August 07, 2015 - Meticulous Research
The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Agrees to Invest in AmnioChor
AmnioChor is a biotech startup engaged in perinatal stem cell technologies, founded with a long term vision and operating on a near term mandate. The vision is the ability to satisfy the therapeutic needs of Mesenchymal and Epithelial stem cells as the critical high volume foundation of new cures. The immediate mandate is to create the bank to serve that need through the cryopreservation of the living amniotic membrane of the placental sac. - August 06, 2015 - AmnioChor
Israel Patent Allowance for GH, IGF-1 and Obesity Vaccines to Braasch Biotech
Israel Patent Office allows patent for treatment of hormone deficiencies and obesity in humans and pets. - August 01, 2015 - Braasch Biotech LLC
Fannin Innovation Studio and University of Houston Announce the Formation of GuidaBot, LLC
Technology enables interventions using real-time MRI guidance. - July 25, 2015 - Fannin Partners, LLC
MiTeGen Announces Mutual Distribution Agreements with Rigaku Reagents
MiTeGen LLC, a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, announced that it has signed mutual distribution agreements with Rigaku Reagents. - July 23, 2015 - MiTeGen, LLC
NanoHybrids Enters into Distribution Agreement with Eikonix
NanoHybrids Inc, a biotechnology company based in Austin, Texas, and Eikonix, UK, a distributor of imaging systems and contrast agents announced today that they have entered into an agreement that adds NanoHybrids’ premium gold nanoparticles to Eikonix's extensive offering of scientific... - July 23, 2015 - NanoHybrids
PMR : Nanocellulose Market - Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2015 - 2021
Persistence Market Research Pvt. Ltd is released new forthcoming report on title "Nanocellulose Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2015 - 2021." - July 22, 2015 - Persistence Market Research
Compounding Pharmacies Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends Analysis 2015 - 2021, by Persistence Market Research
Persistence Market Research Pvt. Ltd has released a new forthcoming report on title "Compounding Pharmacies Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2015 - 2021." - July 22, 2015 - Persistence Market Research
Captiva Spine’s SmartLOX™ Cervical Plate System Receives Clearance for Enhanced and Patented Screw Locking Mechanism
Captiva Spine's SmartLOX™ Cervical Plate System has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market an enhanced cervical plate system with a patented screw locking mechanism. Their SmartLOX Cervical Plate System incorporates a proprietary Nitinol self-locking mechanism, which provides visual, audible, and tactile confirmation of the cervical screw locking. - July 21, 2015 - Captiva Spine, Inc
Medtown Ventures, LLC Announces Exclusive License Agreement with Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Medtown Ventures forms a new company, CellectCell Inc., to focus on commercialization of adhesive-signature based cell selection technology invented and patented by Georgia Tech. - July 17, 2015 - Medtown Ventures
Captiva Spine’s TowerLOX MIS Pedicle Screw System Receives Clearance for Enhanced Rod Insertion and Reduction
Captiva Spine, Inc., a medical device organization dedicated to creating and maintaining sincere, honest, collaborative relationships to deliver smart, elegant, and intuitive spinal solutions, announced today it has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to... - July 08, 2015 - Captiva Spine, Inc
HPAPIs and Cytotoxic Drugs Manufacturing Market to Evolve Rapidly, Reports Roots Analysis
Roots Analysis has announced the addition of “HPAPIs and Cytotoxic Drugs Manufacturing Market” report to their portfolio. The report provides an extensive study of the contract manufacturing opportunity for this rapidly expanding market. It identifies various CMOs active in this space,... - July 04, 2015 - Roots Analysis
Sanguine Corp. Inc. (OTCPK: SGUI) Announces Name Change to New Alliance BioSciences
Reflecting Their Broader Scope of Research and Development, Sanguine Corp. Inc. Obtains Shareholder Approval to Change Name to New Alliance BioSciences. - June 24, 2015 - Sanguine/New Alliance BioSciences
HeadRoom and PECO Bring "Shark Tank" Style Competition to Award Entrepreneur $5,000 Grant
HeadRoom provides premium shared space and business development services in the Philadelphia region. They are sponsoring an Innovator of the Year competition that is powered by PECO. The event will spot light innovations in products, services and processes. An all-star business panel of judges will select the winner who will receive a $5,000 grant from PECO and a one year residency for space and services from HeadRoom. - June 23, 2015 - HeadRoom
Advanta Advertising Design | Interactive, LLC Reveals Attractive New Branding and Cutting-Edge Website
Eye-catching, easy-to-navigate, SEO website illustrates commitment to life sciences and offers relevant marketing resources. - June 15, 2015 - Advanta Advertising Design | Interactive, LLC
Creative Bioarray Releases New Human Hair Dermal Papilla Cells
Creative Bioarray, an international supplier of the world's most comprehensive list of research-use cells, including tumor cells, primary cells, stem cells and transformed cells, is pleased to announce its new Human Hair Dermal Papilla Cells ( Cat.No. CSC-C1490) to its primary cells catalog being... - June 11, 2015 - Creative Bioarray
Creative BioMart Introduces Oxidative Stress Assay
Creative BioMart, a global leader in the supply of innovative protein research tools and services announced today that it has launched exclusive Oxidative Stress Assay for use in studying many forms of pathophysiology generally associated with aging. Oxidative stress can reflect a disturbance... - June 07, 2015 - Creative Biomart
United States Medical Adhesive Market Poised to Grow at Around 9% CAGR Till 2020 Says TechSci Research
Growing medical devices market coupled with increasing demand for pressure sensitive medical adhesives to drive adhesives market in United States through 2020. - May 31, 2015 - TechSci Research
Glycoscientific Raises the Accuracy and Precision Standard for Glycan Quantitation
GlycoScientific introduces a stable isotope labeled monoclonal antibody (mAb) (iGlycoMabTM) designed to facilitate the accurate and precise quantitative glycan profiling of biological therapeutics, particularly monoclonal antibodies and fusion proteins. However, iGlycoMabTM can be applied to individual glycans or complex mixtures such as those observed in the field of glycomics. - May 30, 2015 - GlycoScientific, LLC
Creative Bioarray Launches Stem Cell Assay Development and Screening Service for Cell Research
Creative Bioarray, a biotechnology company offering a comprehensive range of cell services, has recently announced it’s new cells service- stem cell assay development and screening to better serve the increasing customers in the research community. Creative Bioarray supplies a broad range of... - May 30, 2015 - Creative Bioarray
Creative Diagnostics’ Antibodies Are Now on CiteAb
Creative Diagnostics cooperates with the world's largest antibody search engine CiteAb to promote hundreds of its antibody products. - May 29, 2015 - Creative Diagnostics
H. Perry Fell, Experienced BioTech Executive, Joins Board of Recursion Pharmaceuticals
H. Perry Fell, past CEO of Seattle Genetics and NanoString, joins the Board of Recursion Pharmaceuticals. Recursion is an emerging biotech company seeking to combine the best elements of computation and functional genetics to rapidly identify novel therapeutic opportunities for genetic diseases. - May 27, 2015 - Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Creative Diagnostics Reinforces Hi-affinity™ Bacterial Display Platform to Better Produce Therapeutic Antibodies
With the emerging of improved bacterial display technology, an in vitro antibody production technology with highest affinity is available at Creative Diagnostics. - May 27, 2015 - Creative Diagnostics
Creative Diagnostics Launches Sensitive Chemiluminescence Immunoassay Kits for Research Use
Creative Diagnostics announces the launch of Chemiluminescence Kits (CLIA Kits) for research use. - May 27, 2015 - Creative Diagnostics
Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe to Publish Industry Survey
On 2 June, the Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe (ISBE) will publish the results of its industry survey for opinion on the application of systems biology to companies across the European Union (EU). - May 18, 2015 - ISC - Intelligence In Science
Curemeta LLC to Present at IBC Life Science 2015
Curemeta LLC, a Boston-based oncology biotech, will be at the IBC Life Science Conference in San Francisco. They will be presenting data on their ADCs which target pluripotent cancer stem cells. - May 16, 2015 - Curemeta LLC
Bipolar Missouri Artist Albert P. Carpenter Chosen to Show Polyhedral Art at 2015 Bridges Conference in Baltimore, Maryland
Albert P. Carpenter, Bipolar artist and author of several blogs, will be showing his polyhedral art at the 2015 Bridges Conference in Baltimore, MD. He hopes to meet scientists who may someday use 3D chemical printing to convert his polyhedral models into molecules for use in medicine and industry. - May 14, 2015 - Berts Quest
IQ4I Research & Consultancy Published a New Report on “Biochips (Microarrays/Lab-on-Chip) Global Market”
The global Biochips market is expected to reach $13.1 billion by 2021. This report analyzes the biochips market in terms of market revenue ($ million) for all segments. - May 13, 2015 - IQ4I Research & Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
IQ4I Research & Consultancy Published a New Report on “Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Pipeline Analysis"
CKD provides a tremendous opportunity for upcoming therapies specific to CKD such asMAbs, stem cell-based and RNA-based therapies, which reverses disease course or slow down kidney deterioration. - May 11, 2015 - IQ4I Research & Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
Affinity Biologicals Inc. Introduces Laboratories to the New Factor VII Kit to Their Line of Factor VIII Inhibitor Kits
Affinity Biologicals Inc. is excited to announce that in order improve quantitative thrombosis and hemostasis research they are introducing laboratories to the Factor VII Antigen Elisa Kit, a new addition to the existing Factor VIII Inhibitor Kits. - May 08, 2015 - Affinity Biologicals