Affymetrix tech to save pharma 'billions'
Researchers from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute are using Affymetrix' assay technology to develop tests that detect drug induced liver injury (DILI).
Archives for July 9, 2008
Agilent buys Particle Sizing Systems
Agilent has continued its summer spending spree with the acquisition of US-based Particle Sizing Systems that will further bolster the firm's Materials Science Services Unit (MSSU).
PerkinElmer forms stem cell research centre
PerkinElmer has created the ViaCord Research Institute (VRI) to investigate new uses of stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.
Intranasal pandemic flu vaccine enters clinic
Avir Green Hills Biotechnology's intranasal vaccine deltaFLU for the treatment of pandemic influenza is commencing Phase I clinical trials.
Roche licenses zinc finger tech to aid its discovery programmes
Sangamo Biosciences and Sigma-Aldrich have licensed their zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) technology to Roche to enable the pharma giant to develop cell lines and transgenic animals.
High five for WCT's latest acqusition
The splurge of acquisitions by Worldwide Clinical Trials (WCT) is continuing unabated with the company wrapping up the take over of MediQuest.
FEI launches extreme high-resolution SEM
Electron microscopy expert FEI has launched a new range of scanning electron microscopes (SEM) that enables sub-nanometre 3D surface imaging.