Beckman Coulter pens molecular diagnostics alliance
Beckman Coulter has launched a four-year collaboration with Irish University NUI Galway in the hope of speeding up molecular diagnostic tests.
Archives for January 22, 2008
Tekturna combo gets US OK
Novartis has announced the US approval of its first-in-class blood pressure med Tekturna (aliskiren) combined with a diuretic in a single-tablet formulation.
BMS mothballs another Puerto Rico Plant
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has revealed plans to close another site in Puerto Rico in its latest cost-cutting move.
Ventana gives in to Roche merger following increased offer
After seven months of offers, refusals and heated exchanges, it seems an increased offer from Roche has finally persuaded the powers that be at Ventana to sell up.
Icon forays further into Eastern Europe
Dublin-based contract research organisation (CRO) Icon Clinical Research has forayed further into Eastern Europe with the opening of three new offices there.
Fluorotechnics signs up Wako for Japan push
Australian firm Fluorotechnics wants to bolster the sales of its proteomics products in Japan and so has signed up Osaka firm Wako Pure Chemical Industries to help.
Funding boost for innovative VacciMax platform
Canadian vaccine specialist ImmunoVaccine Technologies (IVT) has scored a multi-million dollar grant to go towards developing its potent immune enhancement systems.
GE rattled in Q4 as X-ray business suffers
GE Healthcare has reported its fourth quarter and full year financial results in a tough 12 months that have seen the laboratory imaging and diagnostics company feel the full force of US Government regulatory pressure.