Bio-Rad acquires Biotest diagnostics
20 November, 2009 | Bio-Rad Laboratories
Bio-Rad Laboratories has signed an agreement to acquire certain diagnostic businesses of Biotest for 45 million euros, the terms of which were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010.
Qiagen Influenza A/H1N1 test kit
20 November, 2009 | QIAGEN Pty Ltd
Qiagen has launch its Influenza A/H1N1 test and several updates to its activities in the global surveillance of the swine flu pandemic. The kit enables both the highly sensitive and specific detection of the novel Influenza A/H1N1 and all other known Influenza A and B virus strains. The test kit has been designed for use by governments and public health institutions.
Millipore FlowCellect kits
20 November, 2009 | Merck Pty Limited
Three FlowCellect kits are now available for benchtop flow cytometry, targeted at key signalling pathways and said to provide the first complete validation for evaluating complex cell signalling events without sending samples to a core laboratory.
Eppendorf Research plus multipipette
20 November, 2009 | Eppendorf South Pacific Pty Ltd
Eppendorf’s pipette line Research plus is now available. The multipipette electronic model is available as a special edition.
Real-time PCR
19 November, 2009 | Arrow Scientific
The R.A.P.I.D. LT is a real-time PCR instrument from Arrow Scientific capable of analysing samples for the presence of targeted nucleic acid sequences. The complete system is said to provide the easiest end-to-end PCR protocol and is the only AOAC-approved post-enrichment pooling protocol.
Digital proteome chip
19 November, 2009 | Millennium Science Pty Ltd
The digital ProteomeChip (dPC) developed by Protein Forest for mass spec sample preparation is available from Millennium Science.
Ergonomic electronic pipettes
19 November, 2009 | FB Australia
Viaflo has released the Vision and Voyager range of electronic pipettes, designed for comfort and ease of use.
PANalytical automatic low- and high-vacuum system
14 November, 2009 | PANalytical
PANalytical, in cooperation with Edwards, has developed a fully automatic low- and high-vacuum system for non-ambient chambers.
iCAP 6200 ICP spectrometer application note
14 November, 2009 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific has published an application note to illustrate the capabilities of its iCAP 6200 ICP spectrometer for the analysis of toxic trace elements in children’s toys.
ChromSword Automated Method Development interface
13 November, 2009 | Dionex Pty Ltd
ChromSword has released the Automated Method Development interface for its ChromSwordAuto product and the Dionex Chromeleon CDS software, allowing the Dionex UltiMate 3000 liquid chromatograph to interface with method development tools from ChromSword.
Online manuals, instructions, data sheets and informational documents
13 November, 2009 | Beckman Coulter Australia
Beckman Coulter’s Chemistry and Automation product chemistry and automation manuals, instructions, data sheets and informational documents are available online at techdocs.beckmancoulter.com.
710-ES series of ICP-OES instruments
13 November, 2009 | Varian Australia Pty Ltd
Varian has announced a series of productivity enhancements for its 710-ES series of ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometer) instruments.
ProFoss near-infrared process analysis system
13 November, 2009 | Foss Pacific Pty Ltd
Foss has announced the ProFoss near-infrared (NIR) process analysis system, suitable for monitoring and control of flour, ground meat, ricotta cheese, dairy powder and feed products.
Laser-coding system
13 November, 2009 | SCHOTT Australia Pty Ltd
A laser-coding system enables glass containers for parenteral use to be clearly coded at the glass syringe manufacturer and tracked from production to end user, enabling a track and trace system and reducing mix-ups of syringes and batches. It also counters drug counterfeiters.
EJ Compact Balance series
13 November, 2009 | A&D Australasia Pty Ltd
The EJ Compact Balance series can be customised to display multiple weighing units, as well as a counting and percentage facility.
