Platform in Biological Technology

Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto Complete U.S. and Canadian Regulatory Authorizations for SmartStax Corn; Plans Set to Launch Seed Platform on 3 Million- to 4 Million-Plus Acres

INDIANAPOLIS and ST. LOUIS, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. and Canadian farmers are one step closer to realizing the greater whole farm corn yield advantages of a new corn seed trait combination that will provide the most comprehensive insect and weed control and allow farme...

iSource Networks Partners with inVentiv Health to Develop New Technology Platform for Reaching Healthcare Consumers

NEWPORT, R.I., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- iSource Networks, a company focused on improving patient-driven self-care, announced today that it will partner with inVentiv Health, the leading provider of commercialization solutions to the healthcare industry, to develop an innovative new techno...

Microbix Files First Patent Applications On Novel Technology Platform For Large Semen Sexing Market

Company seeks partner to commercialize the technology TORONTO, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX:MBX) announced today that it has filed key patent applications based on its novel semen sexing discoveries and that it will now embark on the path to commercialization ...

Abbott & BioGenex Extend the Technology Co-development and Distribution Agreement for Marketing the Xmatrx(R) Advanced Staining Platform for the Automation of FISH, IHC and ISH Molecular Diagnostic Assays

SAN RAMON, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BioGenex, a developer of innovative instruments and reagents for automated slide based staining systems for molecular diagnostics, announced today that Abbott has entered into a definitive agreement to extend the technology co-development and distribution ...

VisEn Launches Next-Generation Fast ('Fluorescence Activatible Sensor Technology') Agent Platform for Expanded Performance in Imaging Disease Biomarkers In Vivo

MMPSense(TM) 750 FAST is Presented at AACR 100th Annual Meeting BEDFORD, Mass., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the introduction of its new FAST ("Fluorescent Activatible Sensor Technolog...

Microbix Announces A New Technology Platform For The SST Project

New intellectual property strengthens shareholders' exclusive access to the global livestock AI industry TORONTO, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Microbix Biosystems Inc. (MBX:TSX) announced today that the Company is proceeding to submit a new patent application, based on discoveri...

Company to Provide Technology Platform for Digital Data Collection of Computerized Patient Records

Company Digital Data Collection sensor, software, and process platform intended to meet the needs of the Obama administration's Health Technology Plan. Aliso Viejo, California (PRWEB) March 29, 2009 -- Applied Technology Holdings, Inc. (ATH) revealed it's plans today to...

TrueVision Adds 3D Flat Panel Displays to its Visualization Platform for Refractive-Cataract Surgery

First ever 3D flat panels for Operating & Exam Rooms, Patient Education San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 31, 2009 -- TrueVision® Systems, the leader in digital 3D visualization for microsurgery, announced its new 3D 1080p flat panel product configurations today a...

Collexis Connects Biomedical Researchers and Clinical Scientists with the Collexis Expert Platform for Translational Research

Experts Platform launch will Enable 60,000+ Researchers at 38 Institutions to Collaborate COLUMBIA, S.C., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Collexis Holdings Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLXS), a leading developer of semantic search and knowledge discovery software, announced today the lau...

BioNanomatrix's Revolutionary Whole Genome Analysis Platform Named to MIT Technology Review's Annual 10 Emerging Technologies List

-Company's Goal Is to Lower the Cost of Genome Analysis to $100 In Order To Make Genomic Information Universally Available for Routine Medical Care- PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough whole genome imaging and analysis platforms for biomedica...

Insmed Sells Follow-on Biologics Platform to Merck & Co., Inc. for Gross Proceeds of $130 Million

RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM ), a developer of follow-on biologics and biopharmaceuticals focused on niche markets with unmet medical needs, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. whereby Merck,...

GridGain 2.1 - Open Cloud Platform Enables Development of Native Cloud Applications

GridGain Systems is proud to announce the release of GridGain 2.1 - the next version of its innovative Java-based Open Cloud Platform. Pleasanton, CA (PRWEB) January 13, 2009 -- GridGain Systems is proud to announce the release of GridGain 2.1 - the next version of it...

Rosetta Genomics Leverages its MicroRNA Platform Technologies to Launch Plant Biotech Initiative

Initiates Rosetta Green, a Project Which Will Leverage Rosetta Genomics' Proprietary microRNA Technologies and Strong IP Position to Develop a Wide Range of Plant-Based Applications The Company has Recently Secured Up to $1.5M From Private Investors, Which Will be Invested...

Non-Invasive Radiosurgery with Novalis Tx(TM) Platform Rolling Out Worldwide

Powerful technology from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB enabling non-invasive treatment of cancer and disorders of the central nervous system PALO ALTO, Calif., and WESTCHESTER, Ill., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Doctors around the globe are turni...

eGenomics Awarded First U.S. Patent Covering Rapid DNA Sequencing Technology Platform to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections

- Novel system is the first to use rapid, automated DNA sequencing to perform microbial 'fingerprinting' NEW YORK, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- eGenomics, Inc., a leader in the development of state of the art genomic and informational systems for infectious disease control, annou...

Vascular Biogenics Ltd. Presented With the Frost & Sullivan 2008 European Gene Expression Targeting Platform Technology Innovation Award

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 European Gene Expression Targeting Platform Technology Innovation Award is presented to Israel-based Vascular Biogenics Ltd. for developing the Vascular Targeting System (VTS(TM)). This unique platform has facilitated novel advancements i...

BioNanomatrix Awarded New NIH Grant for Development of Nanoscale Platform for Single-Molecule DNA Mapping and Haplotype Applications

- Goal Is Development of a Fully Integrated Nanochannel Chip and Reader for Single-Molecule Mapping, Enabling Direct Visualization and Analysis of Long Strands of DNA in Context and at Very High Resolution - PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthr...

Roche starts acquisition process of ARIUS to gain access to new screening platform for antibody therapeutics

BASEL, Switzerland and TORONTO, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Roche (SWX: ROG) and ARIUS Research Inc. (TSX:ARI) today announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement for Roche to acquire ARIUS in an all-cash transaction at a price of approximately C$191 million. ARIUS i...

Nanocopoeia Licenses New Polymer-Based Biomaterials Platform From the University of Western Ontario

Follows the launch of their first partnership venture, NanoInterventions, at BIO International ST. PAUL, Minn. and LONDON, Ontario, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the launch at BIO International in San Diego last week of NanoInterventions, their cardiovascular joint ...

Cystic Fibrosis - Axentis Pharma Takes Over Patents and Continues Development of Innovative Platform Technology

ZURICH, Switzerland, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The rights to key patents for an innovative screening tool for treatments for cystic fibrosis were transferred today to Swiss biotech company Axentis Pharma AG. The company has acquired the rights from an Austrian firm that has made a vital contribu...

WellCentive Launches New Secure Messaging Platform for Its Patient Registry System

ATLANTA, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- WellCentive today announced the launch of the WellCentive Secure Messaging System, which is now a part of its popular online patient registry system for health care providers. Atlanta-based WellCentive (http://www.wellcentive.com ) provides a web-based preve...

Appature Announces onKey as an Innovative Platform for Creating Microsoft HealthVault-Compatible Applications

SEATTLE, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Appature Inc. today announced the launch of onKey, a new software platform designed to provide a complete solution for any company interested in developing Web applications compatible with Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft's health platform that provides consume...

Elsevier's Engineering Village Search Platform Combines the American Geological Institute's Georef Database With Google Maps

NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - New Mapping Tool Plots Geographical Search Results on a Digital Map, Providing Further Insight Into the Geographic Context of Results Engineering Village, an Elsevier online search platform that provides database content and analysis for enginee...

New Fragment-based Drug Discovery Platform Announced Between IOTA Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Cambridge (UK), and Beactica AB, Uppsala (Sweden)

UPPSALA, Sweden and CAMBRIDGE, England, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Two leading companies in the area of fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) today announced a new commercial alliance. IOTA Pharmaceuticals Ltd, based in Cambridge, UK, and Beactica AB, based in Uppsala, Sweden, will join forces to...

Another industry first enabled by Benchmark Biolabs - Peros' oral delivery platform and vaccine facility licensed by the USDA

LINCOLN, NE, April 15 /PRNewswire/ - The acceptance of Peros' oral delivery platform and vaccine facility by the USDA marks another significant achievement by Benchmark Biolabs, a full service biopharmaceutical product development firm. Benchmark Biolabs designed, constructed and oversees th...

HemoGenix(R), Inc. Receives Issued Patent for its HALO(R) Technology Platform From the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- HemoGenix(R), Inc., a privately-held contract research and assay development company, reported that the USPTO has issued the first two of several patent applications for the company's HALO(R) technology. HALO(R) is the 21st century answer ...

Schiller AG Adopts Masimo Rainbow SET as Their Technology Platform of Choice for Patient Monitoring Devices Worldwide

IRVINE, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, today announced an agreement with Switzerland-based Schiller, a leading European manufacturer and supplier of electrocardiogr...

TIBCO Spotfire and Integromics Partner on Development of Genomics Platform for Province of Andalusia

Spanish and Andalusia Government build infrastructure, education and awareness for Life Sciences in Southern Spain SOMERVILLE, Mass., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spotfire, a division of TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX ), today announced that the company is joining forces...

Credit-card-sized platform for volatile compound analysis CAREER project goal

Blacksburg, Va. Developing a credit-card-sized gas chromatography platform that can analyze volatile compounds within seconds is the next step for Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Masoud Agah, who has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Pro...

QSB Anti-Virulence Platform Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus Aureus MRSA and Candida sp

MELBOURNE, Florida, February 7 /PRNewswire/ -- QuoNova LLC, which is 88.7% owned by XL TechGroup, Inc. (AIM: XLT), has generated preliminary in-vitro data indicating high efficacy of selected Quorum Sensing Blockers ("QSB") in inhibiting biofilm formation by MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphyl...

Codexis Launches Codex(TM) MicroCyp Platform to Produce Drug Metabolites and Novel Lead Compounds

Introduced at Informex 2008 REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Codexis(R), Inc., a private biotechnology company and leading developer of clean manufacturing processes, today introduced the Codex(TM) MicroCyp Plate, a research productivity tool which can be use...

Rosetta Genomics Selects PCR as Platform for its microRNA-based Diagnostics to be Launched in 2008, Licensed Nanogen's MGB Probe Technology

First microRNA-based Diagnostic Tests are Expected to be Launched in 2008 and Will Incorporate Nanogen's MGB Probe Technology Rosetta Genomics Will use the Licensed Technology in its Custom Designed Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Assays That Allow for Sensitive Detection and Quant...

H&V Introduces HVision Technology Platform to Accelerate Development of Breakthrough Products

EAST WALPOLE, Mass., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollingsworth & Vose Company (H&V), a leading global provider of nonwovens and technical papers, today introduced its HVision(TM) technology platform, a collaborative process designed to enhance the development and commercialization of breakthrough ...

Enigma Diagnostics to Develop Clinical Diagnostics Platform for UK National Chlamydia Screening Programme

New DNA-Based Test Produces Decisive Result Within Minutes PORTON DOWN, England, November 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Enigma Diagnostics, the life sciences company developing rapid molecular diagnostics and detection systems, announces that it has successfully completed a project commissioned by ...

Masimo Launches Patient SafetyNet and Showcases the Rainbow SET Upgradable Noninvasive Monitoring Platform at 2007 ASA Annual Meeting

The New Masimo Patient SafetyNet and the Innovative, Upgradable Masimo Rainbow SET Technology Platform Will Help Clinicians Meet Standards Bodies' Calls to Improve Patient Safety IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI ), the inventor of Pulse...

Enigma Diagnostics Announces a European Commission Award of EUR3 Million to Fund the Development of a Point of Care Platform for the Rapid Diagnosis of Influenza Infections

A Fully Automated, Portable Solution for In-Clinic and Out-Reach Influenza Testing PORTON DOWN, England, October 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Enigma Diagnostics, the life sciences company developing rapid molecular diagnostics and detection systems, announces a EUR3 million ...

BioNanomatrix and Complete Genomics Receive $8.8 Million NIST-ATP Award to Develop Sequencing Platform for $100 Genome

- Project Combines Novel Gene Sequencing Chemistry and Advanced Nanofluidic Technology to Sequence Entire Human Genome in Eight Hours at a Cost of $100 - PHILADELPHIA, and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNanomatrix, Inc., a company developing ...

BioNanoatrix and Complete Genomics Receive $8.8 Million NIST-ATP Award to Develop Sequencing Platform for $100 Genome

- Project Combines Novel Gene Sequencing Chemistry and Advanced Nanofluidic Technology to Sequence Entire Human Genome in Eight Hours at a Cost of $100 - PHILADELPHIA, and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNanomatrix, Inc., a company developing ...

CapitalBio Corporation and VigeneTech Inc. Have Announced the Launch of a Fully Integrated Microarray Solution Platform

CARLISLE, Mass., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CapitalBio Corporation and VigeneTech Inc. have announced the launch of a fully integrated microarray solution platform. CapitalBio Corp., a developer and marketer of diagnostic biochips and advanced microarray instrument systems, in collaboration with ...

OMT announces a breakthrough in the development of a novel human antibody platform

Palo Alto, CA: July 23, 2009 Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc. (OMT), in collaboration with Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ, SGMO), Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), The Medical College of Wisconsin, and INSERM, today announced the creation of the first targeted knockout rats as detaile...