Brighters dotterbolag börsnoteras

Brighters dotterbolag köper upp robotikföretaget Bestic och planerar en börsnotering. Det nya bolaget ska ledas av Bestics nuvarande vd Catharina Borgenstierna.

Rapid and thorough homogenization of samples

MP Biomedicals presents the Fasprep-24 instrument, a new high-throughput model of the earlier Bio 101 Systems Fastprep homogenizer.

Almost 150 will leave Coloplast

The Danish medtech company Coloplast negotiates headcount reductions, with a total number of almost 150 employees.

Vattenfall is firing with biomass

Vattenfall will provide Denmark with electricity by means of biomass.

New influenza vaccine to EU

The Astrazeneca subsidary Medimmune submits marketing authorisationapplication in EU for an new intranasal vaccine against influenza.

Academia - a strong player on the lab market

While the industry was short of money during the financial crisis, government incentives were in full swing in Sweden during 2009. - Our sales to academia incre...

EU grants project on toxicity of nanomaterials

A multinational research project has have been awarded EUR 3 358 500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on ...

New study of toxins and heart disease

Is there a correlation between exposure to hormone interfering environmental toxins and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease? A new patient study...

Medicult acquires embryo scanner

The Danish company Medicult signs an agreement with Novocellus to gain access to embryo selection technology.

Pfizer lays a chunky bid on Wyeth

The merger of two pharma giants is the largest industry deal so far this year. Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at app...

Bio engineering breakthrough in Denmark

Brand new research makes BioGasol's cellulosic ethanol process even more competitive.

Success fee to Bioinvent and partner

The cancer collaboration started last year. After successful technology transfer the two partner companies now receives 5 million euro from pharma giant Roche.

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

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First ever study of human stem cell treatment

The FDA says yes to the world's first study in man of a human embryonic stem cell based therapy to treat spinal injury.

Control of blood vessels can treat obesity

Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.

Enas mot resistensen

I en ny deklaration går branschen samman kring tre fokusområden där åtgärder krävs för att motarbeta den ökande antibiotikaresistensen i världen.

Reproducibility and handling in focus with new electronic pipette

The Eppendorf Xplorer electronic pipette has been developed with reproducibility in mind.

Measurement of calorific content in a matter of minutes

The AC600 calorimeter from Leco uses rapid thermodynamics to analyze calorific content in five minutes.

Anything is measurable

At the seminar "Du är vad jag mäter - hjärnans kemi i ett provrör", Jonas Bergquist, professor of analytical chemistry and neurochemistry, will dig deep into th...

Platelet analysis in whole blood

The new Multiplate analyzer from Triolab uses impedance aggregometry to measure the effects of platelet inhibitors on whole blood.

Ten recieve the Venture Cup West Prize

At this year´s Venture Cup West awards the 10 best business ideas in Venture Cup West 08/09 were chosen, receiving SEK 10 000 each.

View pathology images in your iPhone

The Institute for Medical Informatics in Oslo announces a brand new iPhone application for virtual microscopy.

Microwave reactor for use in various synthesis applications

The Monowave 300 microwave reactor offers 850 watts of power for a variety of synthesis applications.