A2LA Accredits First Human Biobank to ISO 20387
April 3, 2020, Frederick, MD – A2LA is pleased to announce the accreditation of Forever Labs, located in Michigan, to ISO 20387:2018 for human biobanking activities. Forever Labs is the first human biobank in the United States to be...
Brooks Automation Acquires Biospecimen Procurement CRO Trans-Hit Biomarkers
Brooks Automation, Inc. just announced that it has acquired Trans-Hit Biomarkers Inc. (THB), a worldwide biospecimen procurement service provider based in Montreal Canada. THB has an extensive collection capability for biospecimens and clinical samples through a worldwide partner network of...
Discovery Life Sciences Acquires Europe-based East West Biopharma and Becomes the Global Market Leader...
Discovery Life Sciences™ (Discovery), a global leader in biospecimen, genomic sequencing, cell, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) services, announced today the acquisition of East West Biopharma, a leading human biospecimen contract research organization in Europe powered by the largest biocollection network in Ukraine.
The...
SPT Labtech Announces Leadership Transformation and Appoints David Newble as New CEO
David Newble has been appointed CEO, SPT Labtech, stepping up from his previous position as Managing Director. In his new capacity he takes responsibility for all SPT Labtech businesses including the recently acquired organisations. David brings a wealth of...
Autoscribe Releases LIMS System Validation White Paper
Autoscribe Informatics, a leading global laboratory informatics provider, announced the release of a new white paper on the validation of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). The white paper discusses what LIMS validation is and the steps involved, the responsibilities...
German Biobank Node Provided €3.5 Million in Funding for a Further 3 Years
Biobanks play an important role in biomedical research. They ensure that human biospecimens meet uniform standards of quality and that both the samples and their associated data are easily accessible.
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is home to the German Biobank...
Thousands of Undiagnosed Cases of Type 2 Diabetes Identified by Screening UK Biobank Blood...
A study of approximately 200,000 blood samples from the UK Biobank has identified more than 2,000 undiagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes. The study, presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes...
Sakura Finetek Europe launches Tissue-Tek SmartConnect®, a new chapter in automation and the next...
ALPHEN A/D RIJN – 21 October 2020 – Life Science Newswire – Today Sakura Finetek Europe launches its latest innovation Tissue-Tek SmartConnect. An automated transfer system that creates a continuous flow between the SMART solutions Tissue-Tek Xpress® x120 Rapid...
Cryoport Acquires MVE Biological Solutions from Chart Industries for $320 million
Cryoport will become a leading global provider of cryogenic life sciences solutions
Acquisitions of MVE, along with CRYOPDP is expected to increase Cryoport's revenue run rate to over $160 million and to be immediately accretive
Blackstone to invest...
CloudLIMS Offers Free LIMS Globally to SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19 Research & Testing Laboratories, and...
Wilmington, Delaware – March 21, 2020. CloudLIMS recognizes the threat to global health the COVID-19 pandemic brings. To do our part, we are making our flagship in the cloud LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), CloudLIMS Enterprise, free of charge...
