Merck announced that it will buy Millipore Corp., a U.S. supplier of equipment to biotech companies, for US$7.2 million in a deal that will be completed in 2010. More... 08 Mar 2010
Molecular diagnostics company Biocartis and Philips Healthcare have signed an agreement that will result in Biocartis acquiring Philips’ technology platform for rapid, fully automated DNA/RNA molecular diagnostic testing. More... 03 Mar 2010
Fluidigm, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits, has joined with IntegraGen, one of France’s leading providers of genetic research testing services, to bring IFC technology to European researchers. More... 01 Mar 2010
About 80% of physicians’ diagnoses result from a lab test. This bodes well for clinical lab service providers, in particular for the two major players who provide lab services to hospitals. More... 22 Feb 2010
A setback in the scientific basis for single nucleotide polymorphisms analysis may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for makers of genotyping equipment, reagents, and software, according to recent market research. More... 15 Feb 2010
Norwegian hospitals have received considerable attention in the news media recently due to their successful anti-methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus efforts, and this coverage could be helpful to the diagnostics industry, according to a research report. More... 09 Feb 2010
OraSure Technologies and Roche Diagnostics have signed an agreement for the worldwide commercialization of homogeneous, fully automated oral fluid drugs of abuse assays with OraSure’s Intercept oral specimen collection device. More... 08 Feb 2010
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