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Related Industry News   William Ransom & Son's future profitability questionable Pfizer buys CovX to bulk biologics pipeline Preclinical services news in brief Merck inks multi-million dollar deal with Cognizant

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	Access Full Stories Affymetrix buys USB to accelerate genetic tools development Microarray expert Affymetrix is to buy molecular biology reagent firm USB Corporation for $75m (€52m) in a bid to accelerate the development of new genetic analysis tools... Read Mapping the 'human embryome' in BioTime BioTimes' subsidiary, Embryome Sciences, is planning to build a relational database that will help identify the hundreds of cell types that can be made from human and mouse embryonic stem cells... Read Industry news in brief - week 51 LabTechnologist.com brings you a round up of recent industry news, with developments at Agilent, Bruker BioSpin, EMD Chemicals, Gene Logic, Paraytec and Thermo Fisher Scientific... Read Harvard Bioscience knocks back Skystone takeover bid Harvard Bioscience has rejected an unsolicited acquisition offer from Skystone Advisors to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock in the life science tools and instrument manufacturer... Read Curiox' mini-bioassay tech to aid cheaper drug development Curiox Biosystems has developed a miniaturisation platform that enables cheaper and more efficient bioassays to be conducted, potentially slashing the costs of life science and drug discovery research... Read
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	Related Industry News William Ransom & Son's future profitability questionable UK-based William Ransom & Son has a shaky future ahead following a disappointing and unacceptable six-month financial report, compounded by a suspension of the companys manufacturing license... Read Pfizer buys CovX to bulk biologics pipeline Pfizer, the world's largest pharma firm, has reached into its pockets to buy CovX, a privately-held US biotech that specialises in combining the strengths of peptides and antibodies into new drugs... Read Preclinical services news in brief In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research services arena, news has emerged involving Ocimum Biosolutions, ChemDiv and MIR Preclinical Services... Read Merck inks multi-million dollar deal with Cognizant Merck & Co. has just inked "multi-million dollar" deal with Cognizant, at a time when the US-based IT services firm is pursuing a greater presence in the life sciences sector... Read Weekly Comment Paediatric drugs and testing highlighted The importance of paediatric drug formulations and clinical trials in children was highlighted at this month's American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) conference in San Diego. Read Previous Headlines NIH cash for new tools to unravel genome's secrets The technology used to decipher an organism's gene sequence has come on in leaps and bounds this year. So much so that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now released funds to create new tools to analyse... Read Affymetrix simplifies genetic copy number analysis Affymetrix has launched a new analysis tool for determining genetic variations in whole-genome association and cytogenetic studies that is up to 10 times more sensitive than competing software... Read Product news in brief - week 50 LabTechnologist.com brings you a round-up of new product releases from Applied Biosystems, Bio-Rad, Carl Zeiss, Hilden, Hoefer, Porvair, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Warner Instruments... Read Biomarker detection gets 'sticky' US researchers have developed a fast and inexpensive protein biomarker detection device that could simplify disease diagnosis and aid in following disease progression in drug trials... Read New cell line to tackle drug resistant cancer The creation of a new 'super cell' that can stand firm against one of the newest types of cancer therapy could shed new light on how to treat patients if they become resistant to these drugs... Read Technical / White Papers, Case studies, Web casts Sensitive and selective with IC-MS coupling - Technical / White Paper Unique & New development SPRAY DRYER - Free download - Technical / White Paper Product Information - brochures, Web centers Rapid HPLC method development with ChromSword®Auto software - Product Presentation Separation of polar compounds - Application Notes Product Innovation Alerts - Free of Charge Indicate your research interests and receive alerts on relevant products and market innovations Analysis and instrumentation Chemicals & Consumables General lab equipment IT Liquid handling and automation Separation and purification

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