Testing in Biological Technology

One of the Nation's Leading Analytical Testing Laboratories is Now Easier to Access -- Pace Analytical Launches New Web Site to Showcase Its Three Business Divisions

Pace Analytical Services, Inc. Is Pleased To Announce The Launch Of Its New And Improved Website. The New Site Provides Users With A Comprehensive Overview Of Pace Analytical And Incorporates A More User-Friendly Design Layout To Enhance Functionality And Navigation. The Site Also Offers An Expan...

TSH Testing Raises Awareness of Importance of Thyroid Health

SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A new effort to examine the link between nuclear reactors and thyroid disease near NYC was made at Croton on Hudson, during this year's Clearwater Festival. The festival is held just downstream from Indian Point, the oldest operating nucl...

Ceregene Receives Additional Grant From Michael J. Fox Foundation to Expand Long-Term Testing of CERE-120 Patients

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceregene, Inc. today announced that the Michael J. Fox Foundation will provide partial funds for long-term follow-up testing of patients enrolled in the company's Phase 2 trial of CERE-120 for Parkinson's disease. The funding will enable Ceregene t...

FDA Clears Caspofungin (Cancidas(R)) Susceptibility Testing for TREK Sensititre(R) YeastOne(R) in Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Product Line

CLEVELAND, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- TREK Diagnostic Systems, a Magellan Biosciences business and premier provider of diagnostic systems and susceptibility products for microbiology labs, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include caspofungin in its line of Yea...

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD ) today noted that a new article, Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus, published in the June 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that rapid, PCR-based testing at...

Mexico Premiere for Money-Saving Pharma Leak Testing Equipment

Sepha Ltd's ergonomically designed leak testing machines for the Central American pharmaceutical packaging industry makes premiere appearance at Expo Pack 2009, Mexico City on 23-26 June. BLISTERSCAN, PRESS-OUT UNIVERSAL and PRESS-OUT MANUAL will be in action at Expo Pack and the Sepha team w...

Quest Diagnostics to Present Genomic Studies Related to New Testing Techniques for Leukemia and Prostate Cancer at 2009 ASCO Meeting

MADISON, N.J., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics scientists will present results of three studies revealing the effect of genomic abnormalities on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and prostate cancer during the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Socie...

Vaxart Begins Animal Testing of H1N1 Flu Vaccine Candidate

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaxart, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of oral vaccines, announced today that the company has created a candidate vaccine for H1N1 influenza (swine flu). On Saturday, May 23, Vaxart began testing for immune responses in animals, just ...

Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic Sugars in Its Microalgae Renewable Oil Production Process

IRVINE, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced that Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil production company...

Microtest Labs Adds Dissolution Testing to its Suite of Analytical and Stability Testing Services

AGAWAM, Mass., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Microtest Laboratories , a leading single source provider of contract analytical solutions, is adding dissolution testing to its current suite of analytical testing and stability testing services. "The addition of dissolution testing is the...

University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago First Hospital to Install Innovative Shape-HF™ Cardiopulmonary Testing System

New FDA-approved medical device "is specifically designed to objectively measure cardiopulmonary gas exchange in heart failure patients. It can make a dramatic difference in treating CRT patients." Dr. Abraham Kocheril, Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology at...

First H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Replikins-Based, Is Ready Now for Testing Worldwide

LONDON, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A synthetic peptide H1N1 vaccine is available now for testing worldwide, from Replikins Ltd. The company has developed the vaccine based on the same Replikins peptide technology which provided the surprise advance warning one year ago that the current H1N1 outbreak/pa...

H1N1 Influenza "Swine Flu" Peptide Vaccine Now Available For Testing Worldwide

Replikins, Ltd. has announced that it has produced a synthetic H1N1 swine flu vaccine, Replikins PanFlu™, which is ready for testing worldwide. The company has developed the vaccine based on the same Replikins peptide technology which provided the surprise advance warning one year ago that ...

Microtest Labs Expands Clean Room, Contamination Testing Services

AGAWAM, Mass., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Microtest Laboratories ( www.microtestlabs.com ) has added new technology and professional staffing to expand its position as a proven, one-stop provider of contamination and clean room testing services for manufacturers of medical devices or pharm...

EnWave Announces Collaboration and Initial Testing Results with Danisco AS

VANCOUVER, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - EnWave Corporation (TSX-V: ENW) ("EnWave" or "the Company") today announced the successful completion of tests using its recently developed powderREV technology in the dehydration of cultures and probiotics from the Danish group Danisco. The tests were c...

ChemImage and Next Breath Structure Partnership to Validate Bioequivalence Testing for Nasal Spray Suspensions

Testing Will Help Advance Technology to Find a Faster, More Accurate and Repeatable Method for Drug-Particle Sizing PITTSBURGH, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemImage, ( www.chemimage.com ) today announces a strategic research partnership with Next Breath, LLC ( www.nextbreath.net ), a leading Con...

Microtest Labs Adds Dissolution Testing to its Suite of Analytical and Stability Testing Services

AGAWAM, Mass., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Microtest Laboratories, a leading single source provider of contract analytical solutions, is adding dissolution testing to its current suite of analytical testing and stability services. "The addition of dissolution testing is the perfect complement...

Varian Medical Systems to Exhibit X-ray and CT Technologies for Non-Destructive Testing at the Upcoming ASNT 18th Annual Spring Conference

ST. LOUIS, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR ) will exhibit X-ray and computed tomography (CT) products for the non-destructive testing market at the upcoming ASNT Research Symposium and Spring Conference taking place March 16-20, 2009 at the Millenni...

Celsis In Vitro Technologies and Promega to Offer Fast, Reliable Solutions for ADME-Tox Testing With Primary Hepatocytes

BALTIMORE, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Celsis In Vitro Technologies (Celsis IVT), a division of Celsis International plc, a Chicago-based life science products and laboratory services company, and Wisconsin-based Promega Corp will take the trial and guesswork out of ADME-Tox testing in primary hepa...

DiFUSION Technologies Completes Successful Testing of Antimicrobial Spinal Implant

CleanFUZE(TM) antimicrobial device to significantly reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) and potentially save the healthcare system $150 million dollars annually AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- DiFUSION Technologies, Inc., a medical device company targeting the orthopaedic market,...

Free White Papers Detail Sterility Testing Essentials for Medical Device, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

AGAWAM, Mass., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Two new white papers detailing sterility testing essentials are now available for free download from Microtest ( www.microtestlabs.com ). The white papers, one which is customized for medical device manufacturers and one which is specialized for pharmaceutic...

WaferGen's SmartChip(TM) System Performance Successfully Demonstrated in Initial Phase of Alpha Testing Program

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced that academic researchers have successfully demonstrated th...

Newly Available To Medical Device Manufacturers - Bluetooth Testing Equipment

Integration Made Simple (PRWEB) December 17, 2008 -- Facilitating the entry of Bluetooth into the medical device industry is the modern protocol analyzer, now updated to effortlessly examine not only the wireless interface between devices, such as a glucose monitor an...

Newly Available To Medical Device Manufacturers - Bluetooth Testing Equipment

Integration Made Simple (PRWEB) December 17, 2008 -- Facilitating the entry of Bluetooth into the medical device industry is the modern protocol analyzer, now updated to effortlessly examine not only the wireless interface between devices, such as a glucose monitor an...

WuXi PharmaTech Will Focus U.S. Operations on Laboratory Testing Services

SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX ), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced it will dedicate its Philadelphia facili...

Growing Interest in DNA-Based Genetic Testing Among African American with Historic Election of President Elect Barack Obama

African Ancestry Helps A-List Line Up of African American Celebs Join Obama in Knowing their Roots in Africa; RIse of consumer genetic testing coupled with First Black President of African descent spawn trend in African Americans to trace roots to Africa during post-election Holiday season. ...

t2cure Acquires Patent Family on In Vitro Potency Testing of Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Application

FRANKFURT, Germany, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- t2cure, a biopharmaceutical company developing regenerative medicine therapeutics from a patient's own stem cells, today announced that it has acquired a family of patents and patent applications from Innovectis, the technology transfer arm of Frankf...

Genetic Testing Market to Exceed $6.6 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Global Genetic testing market is projected to grow at a healthy pace to exceed $6.6 billion by 2015. The market is primarily driven by growing incidence of genetic diseases and growing consumer awareness and rising interest towards genetic testing. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) ...

Department of Justice Provides States With Funding for Testing in Postconviction Cases

Kentucky Receives $1.1 Million to Investigate Innocence Claims WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced over $1.1 million to the State of Kentucky to help defray costs associated with reviewing cases where DNA testing and evidence m...

Novavax Commences Clinical Testing of its Seasonal Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate

Development of influenza VLP vaccines gains momentum with launch of a Phase IIa study of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced today vaccination of healthy volunteers in a Phase II clinical trial of i...

US College Students Needing TB Testing Now Have the Benefit of QFT(TM)

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Students attending US colleges that require tuberculosis (TB) testing will now benefit from interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) such as QuantiFERON(R)-TB Gold (QFT(TM)), with the release of update TB testing guidelines from the American College ...

WuXi AppTec Appoints Garry Takle, Ph.D. as VP of Operations and Joseph Hughes, Ph.D. as VP of Testing Services for Philadelphia Facility

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- WuXi AppTec, Inc., the operating company of WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX ) in the U.S., has announced the appointments of Garry Takle, Ph.D. as Vice President of Operations and Joseph Hughes, Ph.D. as Vice President of Testing Services for its Philade...

White Paper Explains Aspects of Testing From Purified Bulk Drug Substance to Sterile Liquid Final Drug Product

AGAWAM, Mass., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Biopharmaceutical manufacturers, responsible for an extensive repertoire of products -- including recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and vaccines -- are faced with many aspects of testing specific to the type of product being assessed. A new whi...

Instrumentation Laboratory Announces Contract for Multi-Parameter Testing Products with Broadlane

LEXINGTON, Mass., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced that Broadlane, Inc., a leading supply chain services company, has awarded the Company with a five-year contract covering its critical care products and services. Broadlane, based in Dallas, TX, counts am...

Expert Consensus Panel Recommendation for Incorporating Lp-PLA2 Testing into Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Guidelines

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- diaDexus, Inc. today announced the release of a supplement to The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 101, No 12A June 16, 2008 that includes an expert consensus panel recommendation to include testing for lipoprotein-associated phospholipa...

NanoInterventions Launches New, Rapid Testing System for Coronary Stents

Two Minnesota bio-science companies, The Integra Group of Brooklyn Park and Nanocopoeia of St. Paul, team in a global effort to speed the path to market for advances in cardiovascular medicine BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. and SAN DIEGO, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Coinciding with the BIO Inte...

Increased Drug Related Cardiac Toxicity Leads Gwathmey Preclinical Testing Services to Create Novel Cardionomics(TM) Services for Preclinical Cardiac Safety Screening of Drug Candidates

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to ever increasing cardiac toxicity found in market drugs, Gwathmey Preclinical Testing Services, Inc. today announced the launch of new Cardionomics(TM) services and the formation of its Cardionomics(TM) Advisory Board to provide new methods...

Genetic Testing for All: QTrait Offers Industry's Least Expensive, Most Secure DNA Tests With TRUSTe Certification

SEATTLE, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- iGenix, Inc, today launched QTrait, a personal online genetics testing service with prices beginning as low as $99 per DNA test. iGenix co-founder and chief scientist Tera Eerkes, Ph.D. developed QTrait to create affordable DNA testing for the general public, ...

Mercy Medical Center Completes Beta Studies for Integrated Hematology and Automated Diabetes Testing Solution

MUNDELEIN, Ill., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sysmex America, Inc. today announced the successful completion of Mercy Medical Center's (Canton, OH) beta studies for its integrated hematology and A1C automation solution. This first-of-kind solution, which combines the Sysmex HST-N hematology automa...

Orchid Cellmark Applauds Expansion of Federal Forensic DNA Identity Testing to Include All Arrestees

- New Federal Rules Authorizing DNA Testing of Federal Arrestees Expected to Boost Law Enforcement's Ability to Combat Crime - - Complements Recent Moves by States to Expand their DNA Databases - PRINCETON, N.J., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Nasdaq: ORCH )...