Pfizer pays for fraudulent activities
03 September, 2009Pfizer will pay a total of US$2.3 billion to settle fraud claims resulting from its past promotional practices.
Beckman Coulter Genomic
01 September, 2009Beckman Coulter has combined Agencourt Bioscience and the newly acquired Cogenics to create Beckman Coulter Genomic.
CSIRO invited to join EU innovation consortium
18 August, 2009CSIRO has become the only organisation outside Europe to be invited to join HighTech Europe - a consortium of research agencies, industrial federations, universities and equipment manufacturers established to facilitate the uptake of innovative and emerging food processing technologies.
Hardy Instruments appoints director of global sales
12 March, 2009Hardy Instruments has appointed Ric Rummel as Director of Global Sales, based out of its corporate headquarters in the US.
Waters acquires Thar Instruments
04 February, 2009Waters has acquired supercritical fluid chromatography company Thar Instruments, expanding its chromatography application range and ‘green’ science offerings.
Prostate cancer research centre for Queensland
19 January, 2009The federal government has announced funding for a prostrate research centre to be hosted by the Queensland University of Technology.
Microfluidics and Horiba Instruments make it formal
13 January, 2009Microfluidics and Horiba Instruments have formalised their longstanding partnership.
Innovation opportunities with NSW eResearch Institute
17 December, 2008The Institute for Transdisciplinary eResearch Services and Technology will facilitate e-research across NSW universities and relevant public and private sector research agencies. The NSW government is investing $2.8 million over three years to develop the institute.
Golder Associates opens new laboratory in Perth
08 December, 2008Golder Associates has opened a new laboratory in Osborne Park, Perth, to extend its specialised testing service capabilities.
Human and environmental health focus for PerkinElmer
11 November, 2008PerkinElmer will focus on the human and environmental health sectors from January 2009.
Investment boost for UniQuest start-up companies
20 August, 2008Two companies that were established to develop discoveries from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) at UQ have received funding to boost their research priorities.
Monoclonal Antibody Technologies Facility opens in Melbourne
08 August, 2008A facility dedicated to the production of monoclonal antibodies which can be used for research into cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, inflammation, brain diseases and cancer has opened in Melbourne. The Monoclonal Antibody Technologies Facility comes from collaboration between the Commonwealth and Victorian governments and Monash University.
Lomb opens service centre in Melbourne
18 January, 2008Lomb Scientific is set to open an office and warehouse facility in the Melbourne suburb of Kensington.
Bonnett becomes Microanalytix
17 January, 2008Bonnet Equipment, supplier of a range of high quality laboratory products and consumables to laboratories in Australia and New Zealand, has recently instituted a name change to Microanalytix.
Millipore joins Rohm & Haas to create chromatography solutions
12 December, 2007Millipore Corp has announced a joint development agreement with Rohm & Haas Company to create high-performance chromatography products for use in the production of biologic drugs.