Biotechnology News
Cutting edge news about companies engaged in the research and development of new drugs, medical devices and procedures as well as research, books and information on FDA approvals, patents and awards. Biotechnology news highlights the use of biological processes, organisms or systems to manufacture products that improve the quality of life.
Eqalix, Inc CEO to Present at the BIO Investor Forum in San Francisco, October 9 – 10, 2012
Eqalix, Inc, an emerging biotechnology company in the Regenerative Medicine space, developing nanotechnologies to replicate the function of damaged, diseased or aging tissues by providing implants that are non-immunogenic and bio-compatible is scheduled to present at the 11th annual BIO Investor... - October 05, 2012 - Eqalix, Inc
ImmunoReagents Signs South Korean Distributorship Agreement with Sungwoo Life Sciences
ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of Sungwoo Life Sciences as its new distributor in South Korea. - October 04, 2012 - ImmunoReagents Inc.
Eqalix, Inc, CEO to Present at the 2012 Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa’s Investor and Partnering Forum
Joseph P. Connell, Eqalix, Inc CEO will be presenting at the 2012 Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa’s Investor and Partnering Forum - the regenerative medicine industry’s premier business development and partnering meeting. The Investor and Partnering Forum is being organized by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to profile the industry’s most exciting technologies. - October 02, 2012 - Eqalix, Inc
IonSense, Inc. Issued Two Patents on Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. Introduces New Product at International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Kyoto, Japan.
New DART-OS Source Demonstrated Live to Meeting Attendees, Highlighting Applications in Food Safety and Forensics. - September 27, 2012 - IonSense, Inc.
NSG Group Selects Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope
New Levels of AFM Ease of Use and Productivity Accelerate Next-Generation Product Development - September 26, 2012 - Bruker Corporation
Bruker Introduces New AFM Tools for Life Science Research
*Nanomechanics Package Expands Applications in Mechanobiology - September 22, 2012 - Bruker Corporation
pharmaCline's Diabecline Antibiotic Receives 2012 American Business Award
pharmaCline® has received the prestigious Silver Stevie Award for the Best New Health & Pharmaceutical Product of the Year. This award recognized the importance of pharmaCline’s Diabecline® first aid antibiotic. The Stevie Awards ceremony was held Monday evening, September 17, in... - September 21, 2012 - pharmaCline
Rosellini Scientific, LLC Completes Acquisition of Elite Biomedical
Expects to Offer Complete Line of Clinical Engineering Services - September 20, 2012 - Rosellini Scientific, LLC
pharmaCline Announces Poster Presentation at the Symposium for the Advancement of Wound Care Fall 2012
The poster entitled, “Multi-case Human Field Studies of Diabetic Foot Injuries Treated with Tetracycline delivered by SSPT™: A Novel Delivery System Yields Effective Results” is authored by Dr. Christopher Ayo Otiko, DPM, and features three unique clinical case studies. - September 13, 2012 - pharmaCline
Navitar Announces New Life Science and Biomedical Imaging Product Catalog
Navitar, a leading manufacturer of modular and high performance optical components designed for high magnification imaging applications, is pleased to announce their new Optical Solutions for Life Science and Biomedical Imaging product catalog. This new 40-page catalog includes a wide variety of... - September 08, 2012 - Navitar, Inc
Argutus Medical Receives ISO 13485 Quality Management System Certification
Argutus Medical Ltd, an EKF Diagnostics Company announces that its Quality Management System has been certified to ISO 13485:2003 standard by notified body BSI (British Standards Institute). ISO 13485 certification confirms Argutus Medical’s ongoing commitment to meet the requirements of its customers and regulatory bodies. - September 06, 2012 - Argutus Medical Limited
Pipette.com Release Company Brand Pipette Tips
Leading distributors for the industry’s best pipettes and pipette accessories, Pipette.com has recently announced that the company will now be offering their own brand of pipette tips directly to their client base. The company’s brand of tips has been designed based on their 16-years of... - September 02, 2012 - Pipette.com
VIRUN® Receives Eighth Notice-of-Allowance for Patent Applications and Introduces New “Space” Within Industry
After only a short while, VIRUN has obtained numerous Notice-of-Allowances and several patent grants for its nano-encapsulation technologies that allow non polar compounds, such as CoQ10 and Omega-3 EPA DHA, to dissolve clearer and shelf stable into foods and beverages. With this increase in patent proliferation, VIRUN introduces the NUTRA-BIOsciences™ platform to accelerate the expansion and exclusivity of new and added-value food/beverage products. - August 30, 2012 - VIRUN
Rhode Island Bioscience Awards Launched, Calling for Applications, Nominations
Tech Collective launches first award program in Rhode Island exclusively for individuals and innovators working in the biosciences. Nominations due: September 24th. Applications due: Oct. 1st. - August 30, 2012 - Tech Collective
Bioo Scientific Launches the NEXTflex Bisulfite-Seq Kit for NGS Methylome Analysis
Bioo Scientific is excited to announce the launch of the NEXTflex™ Bisulfite-Seq Kit which simplifies library preparation of bisulfite treated DNA for down-stream high-throughput sequencing. - August 14, 2012 - Bioo Scientific
Upcoming Research Study "India Biosimilar Market Analysis" Highlights Billion Dollar Opportunity for Biosimilar Drugs Development & Marketing in India
Launching biosimilar products in India also provides firms with an advantage to develop their post-marketing safety and efficacy data. - August 09, 2012 - KuicK Research
Biologic Therapies Receives FDA Clearance for Bio-MACTM Bone Marrow Aspiration Catheter
Biologic Therapies, a medical device company specializing in the design and manufacturing of proprietary, groundbreaking medical components, has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin marketing its new Bio-MACTM Bone Marrow Aspiration Catheter. The Company’s... - August 08, 2012 - Biologic Therapies
Bruker Announces Dimension FastScan Bio AFM for Biological Dynamics
First Commercial Bio-AFM to Capture High-Resolution Dynamics with Ease - August 03, 2012 - Bruker Corporation
VIRUN® Closes $2.1 Million Series-A Funding to Bolster Innovation and World-Wide Expansion
After almost 10 years of self-funding growth and business expansion, VIRUN is ready to further-illuminate its presence and capitalize on its patented technology portfolio and product development. - August 02, 2012 - VIRUN
DataServices, LLC Rebrands and Launches Lab Portal Company and Website
DataServices, LLC unveiled a new company name, Lab Portal Company. The Lab Portal Company Electronic Results Portal allows a laboratory or lab business entity to provide customizable test results to their customer network. - July 26, 2012 - Lab Portal Compancy
Rosellini Scientific, LLC Hires New Chief Medical Officer
Rosellini Scientific, LLC is pleased to announce the hiring of Barry Kraynack as Chief Medical Officer. Barry Kraynack is a board certified anesthesiologist who has more than 30 years as a preclinical and clinical researcher in translational medicine. Barry will be responsible for the identification of new technologies for commercialization, monetization or sales and distribution in the life science space, encompassing medical devices. - July 17, 2012 - Rosellini Scientific, LLC
Technology Provides the Hope That Sustains
Recent advances in prosthetic technologies, such as the iWalk BiOM, have not only dazzled the senses and given rise to the feeling that “all is possible,” but they have also led to a desire to continually create and innovate. - July 12, 2012 - Next Step Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc.
New Data Shows Colorado’s BioScience Industry Outpaced National Growth Since 2001 and Continued Adding Jobs Overall Since 2007
Quoting New Battelle/BIO Report: "Colorado’s bioscience industry is large and has outpaced national growth since 2001 by continuing to add jobs overall since 2007. Its companies employ nearly 27,000 with the large and highly specialized state medical device and equipment subsector growing by 16 percent since 2001. Job growth in research, testing, and medical labs has also driven overall sector growth since 2001." - July 08, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
Medimix International Joins The TRUST ALLIANCE – Professional Organization to Enforce Quality Standards in Online Healthcare Data Collection
Medimix International announced that their company has joined The Trust Alliance-- an organization whose mission is to advance and promote best practices in healthcare data collection and to foster trust in online physician research. Although its members remain competitors, they come together because they are all passionate about providing quality data to their clients. - June 27, 2012 - Medimix International
ALPCO & Argutus Medical Collaboration
Kidney & Liver Toxicity Gold Standard Rat Alpha GST ELISA Available Once Again - June 26, 2012 - ALPCO
DataServices, LLC Delivers a New Comprehensive Electronic Laboratory Results Solution with Lab Connections Portal
Lab Connections, is a portal designed to deliver customizable electronic laboratory results to facilities that provide thousands of medical lab tests, from multiple lab testing facilities in a SaaS environment. - June 19, 2012 - Lab Portal Compancy
MiTeGen Spring 2012 Catalog Available Online or in Hardcopy
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, has released a catalog of their current products for crystallographers. - June 15, 2012 - MiTeGen, LLC
MiTeGen Awarded $185K NIH Phase I STTR Grant to Develop Hyperquenching Devices
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, has been awarded a Phase I STTR (small business technology transfer program) award from the NIH (National Institute of Health) for the development of a rapid crystal cooling device (“hyperquencher”) for cryocrystallography. - June 15, 2012 - MiTeGen, LLC
GenScript Launches a Premier Gene Synthesis Service "Gene-Bricktm" for Building Large DNA FragmentsTM
The Gene-BrickTM premier gene synthesis service is specifically designed to meet demands of large DNA fragments which are used in synthetic biology research, such as the building of large genetic circuits and synthetic chromosomes. - June 14, 2012 - GenScript USA Inc.
ALPCO Diagnostics Recognized for Support of the American Red Cross 2011 Relief Efforts
ALPCO was recognized on May 29, 2012 for their generous contributions to the American Red Cross in 2011. - June 11, 2012 - ALPCO
SFL’s Senior Communication Manager to Speak at the 8th Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group
SFL is pleased to announce that Dr Faiz Kermani, Senior Communication Manager, will be giving a presentation entitled “The Regulatory Framework for New Drug Innovation” at the 8th Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group. - June 09, 2012 - SFL Regulatory Affairs & Scientific Communication Ltd
PREMIER Biosoft and AB SCIEX Collaborate to Advance Research in Lipidomics
PREMIER Biosoft and AB SCIEX collaborate by offering data analysis solutions for Lipdomics. - June 07, 2012 - PREMIER Biosoft International
OmegaH2O® Clear Shelf Stable Omega-3, CoQ10 and Other Non Polar Compounds Patent Application 12/383,244 Approved in Europe and Notice of Allowance in U.S.
VIRUN, Inc. Food and Beverage Technology Division announces today that without continuance and as a result of innovation and novelty; patent application 12/383,244 has been approved in Europe and Notice of Allowance in the U.S. 12/383,244 allows the only patented non polar compounds, such as Omega-3, dissolve into foods, beverages and supplements clearer and shelf stable. - June 04, 2012 - VIRUN
NanoSort, Inc. Wins $1M Award for Next-Gen FACS
NanoSort Inc., is developing next generation flow cytometers and cell sorters that are small, simple, and affordable. This $1M award reinforces NanoSort’s technology with an NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences Phase II SBIR award. A critical aspect of biomedical research and... - June 01, 2012 - NanoSort
Olympus Europa and Applied Spectral Imaging Expand Cooperation by Establishing Sales and Marketing Framework Agreement
European framework agreement outlining the terms for distribution by Olympus subsidiaries in Europe of the GenASIs automated imaging platforms for genetic and pathological analysis. - May 31, 2012 - Applied Spectral Imaging
ImmunoReagents Signs Chinese Distributorship Agreement with AmyJet Scientific
ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of AmyJet Scientific as its new distributor in China. ImmunoReagents and AmyJet Scientific will partner to distribute top quality... - May 27, 2012 - ImmunoReagents Inc.
Stevens Researchers Advance Innovative Lab-in-a-Fiber Research Frontier
Dr. Du and Dr. Sukhishvili’s collaboration wins grant from the National Science Foundation. - May 24, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao Joins Diomics Leadership Team
Diomics Corporation, a leading bioscience company focused on the development of Diomat™ technology for a range of life science, aerospace and specialty products, today announced the appointment of former NASA Astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao as Special Advisor. - May 20, 2012 - Diomics Corporation
Bioo Scientific Releases Improved Kits for Directed Drug Delivery
While it has been eleven years since the demonstration that sequence specific, small, synthetic, double stranded ribonucleic acids were shown to induce gene specific silencing in mammalian cells, delivery formulations that supply a metered dose of RNAi agent to the desired target site in a cost... - May 18, 2012 - Bioo Scientific
IonSense Presenting OpenSpot Mass Spectrometry™ at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Conference
OpenSpot™ Sample Cards Facilitate Simpler Analysis, Eliminating Most Consumables and Solvents, Reducing Costs and Lab Waste. Exhibited at ASMS 2012. Booth #57. - May 17, 2012 - IonSense, Inc.
Mitegen Announces Consolidation and Improvements to MicroLoops™ Product Lines
MicroLoops™ and MicroLoops™ HT product lines merged and improved with Dual thickness technology, providing an economical option in premium crystal mounts. - May 09, 2012 - MiTeGen, LLC
ImmunoReagents Announces Exclusive German Distribution Channel with BioLeague
ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of Bioleague as its new distributor in Germany. ImmunoReagents and Bioleague will work together to bring top quality antibodies to the... - April 29, 2012 - ImmunoReagents Inc.
Genome Designs Partners with SciDM Group, Securing High Performance Bioinformatics Tools for Internal Pipelines and Custom Projects
Genome Designs, Inc., custom genome annotation and metabolic modeling service provider, today announced a partnership with SciDM Group, a bioinformatics tools developer. Genome Designs will be using SciDM Group’s high performance database engine, transcriptomics data processing pipeline, and... - April 27, 2012 - Genome Designs
Bioo Scientific Introduces Optimized Directional RNA-Seq Kits with Innovative Bias Reducing Technology
Bioo Scientific’s patent pending NEXTflex™ Directional RNA-Seq Kits and Barcodes Primer Sets provide an easy, flexible and non-biased solution for generating directional libraries. - April 26, 2012 - Bioo Scientific
Bioo Scientific Launches Transduction Reagents for Targeted Delivery Into Neuronal and Myeloid Cells
Bioo Scientific’s proprietary MyeloAim™ and NeuroAim™ Transduction Reagents offer targeted delivery of RNAi agents into myeloid and neuronal cells. - April 26, 2012 - Bioo Scientific
"Single-Use Bioreactors Market Will Expand This Decade" Visiongain Report Predicts
A new report by visiongain forecasts that the world market for disposable bioreactor technology for pharmaceuticals will expand from 2012 to 2022. That projection appears in Single-Use Bioreactors for Pharma: World Market 2012-2022, published in April 2012. Visiongain is a business information provider based in London, UK. - April 21, 2012 - visiongain
BioPharm Systems to Present at Oracle's 7th Annual Health Sciences Innovation Forum
BioPharm Systems, a leading provider of clinical trial, data, and drug safety solutions, and a Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced that Parambir Singh, vice president of clinical trial management solutions, and Dr. Rodney Lemery, vice president of safety and... - April 18, 2012 - BioPharm Systems
RayBiotech, Inc. and Innopsys Announce Co-Marketing Partnership
RayBiotech, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a co-marketing partnership with Innopsys of Carbonne, France to promote the sales of RayBiotech’s G-Series and Quantibody series of antibody arrays and array testing services with Innopsys’ Innoscan laser microarray scanning... - April 13, 2012 - RayBiotech, Inc
"World Biosimilars Market Will Reach $1.6 Billion in 2012" According to New Visiongain Report
A new report by visiongain, a London-based business information company, predicts that global revenues for biosimilars will reach $1.6 billion in 2012. - April 06, 2012 - visiongain
Dr. EH Yang's Research Team Awarded with NSF Grant on Pioneering Microfluidics Innovation
Digital microfluidics creates a lab-on-a-chip, enabling portable at-home medical tests. - April 04, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology