Bionity.COM Newsletter No. 21/2010, 06/02/2010

New Products and Services

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ESE-Log a high performance fluorescence detector - highly sensitive, compact and versatile
The ESE-Log is ESE´s unique fluorescence detector designed for ease at use in a wide range of laboratory applications. The compact ESE-Log module measures up to two different fluorescent wavelengths and contains precise micro optics, powerful excitation light sources, highly sensitive sensors and microprocessor controlled electronics...

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Titrette^® - the next generation digital burette!
Titrate quickly and reliably with highest precision, even in close quarters, with no power hookup needed!
The Titrette^® has an innovative new measuring system - so even the tight error limits of Class A glass burettes per DIN EN ISO 385 are met. If needed it can display 3 decimal places for volumes below 20 ml...

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New glass column system with axial compression for high-resolution bioseparations
Bioline high resolution glass columns offer pressure stability up to 100 bar
Glass columns offer important advantages such as biocompatibility, resistance against most buffers, and visibility of the column bed, making them ideal for bioseparations. They are, however, generally quite delicate and not very stable, so that high resolution separations at elevated pressures are very risky...

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Two Sales of Lab & Production Equipment
By Order of BioMerieux BV

Fixed Date Private Treaty: Friday 4th June 2010
Sale of Freeze Dryers, Sterilization Units, Filling/Assembly Machine, Flow Pack Wrapping Machine

Online Auction: Sale Closing Tuesday 8th June 2010
Over 700 Lots of Lab & Production Equipment

Inspection: by appointment only; Location of Assets: Boxtel, Netherlands
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Compact spectrometers from Hamamatsu Photonics
From minispectrometers up to measurement systems
Hamamatsu Photonics offers a wide range of compact spectrometers, from minispectrometers, e.g. C10988MA to PMA12, a cooled fibre-spectrometers, which can be used for Hamamatsu Photonics' measurement systems, e.g. in the C9920 series, MPM...

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UPLC^® Technology for Performance without Compromises
Increased Resolution, Speed and Sensitivity
Because of its revolutionary technology, the ACQUITY UPLC System can squeeze more out of a minute than any other system. You've got 524,360 opportunities a year for peak performance...

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Multiple sample analysis of endotoxin detection for the future
Endosafe^®-MCS^TM System for high throughput of real-time results
The Endosafe®-MCS^TM is a multi-cartridge endotoxin detection system (MCS^TM) that utilizes FDA licensed LAL test cartridges and multiple spectrophotometers to provide endotoxin test results for up to five samples in about 15 minutes...

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New Thermostats with unique menu system and established Plug & Play technology
CC-Pilot: Intelligence for the Compatible Control-Thermostas and Unichiller
The new Compatible Control CC-Pilot offer many new functions and are easy to use come with Plug & Play technology. The TFT screen clearly displays all information. The unique menu system "Easy-Control" is virtually identical to the Unistats. A clear advantage for the users is that all Huber thermoregulation units: circulators and chillers use a universal operator interface...

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Biotech News

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Latest News from Biotechnology and Pharma from 05/26/2010 to 06/01/2010

Silence Therapeutics Issued Novel RNAi Patent Covering High-Value Cancer Target in United States
Company Supplements Broad RNAi IP Portfolio and Strengthens Growing Position in Oncology
06/01/2010 - Silence Therapeutics plc announced the issuance of United States patent 7,723,316, titled Compositions and Methods of RNAi Therapeutics For Treatment of Cancer and Other Neovascularization Disease, by...
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New mechanism of pancreatic cancer discovered
06/01/2010 - A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows how two types of cell change interact in the development of cancer. The results can improve the chances of early discovery o...
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Amgen's Prolia (Denosumab) Granted Marketing Authorization in the European Union
06/01/2010 - Amgen Inc. announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Prolia® (denosumab) for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at increased risk of fract...
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Prima BioMed enters agreement with Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology to produce cancer vaccine
06/01/2010 - Prima BioMed enters an agreement with Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology to produce a cancer vaccine. The agreement represents a crucial step in the development and production of CVa...
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Mucosis Receives Financial Support from the Dutch Government for Its Flugem Program
06/01/2010 - Mucosis B.V. announced that it has received an innovation credit line of approximately € 3 million from Agentschap NL, an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Mucosis will use this loan t...
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Parasite plants rob genes from their hosts
05/31/2010 - A research team at RIKEN has uncovered the first ever evidence of nuclear gene transfer from host to parasite plant species. The discovery, reported in Science , hints at a greater role for horizontal...
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YM BioSciences enrolls first US patient in Phase II randomized, double-blind brain metastases trial for nimotuzumab
05/31/2010 - YM BioSciences Inc. announced that the first US patient has been enrolled in its randomized, double-blind trial evaluating nimotuzumab in patients with brain metastases from NSCLC at the Florida Cance...
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Commercial Production of Cellulosic Biofuel on Fast Track in China
COFCO, Sinopec and Novozymes to Construct Biofuel Demonstration Facility by 2011
05/31/2010 - Novozymes, COFCO and Sinopec signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering the next steps towards commercialization of cellulosic biofuel in China. As part of the agreement, COFCO and Sinopec will bui...
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Amorfix and Aragen Bioscience enter into agreement to develop novel monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancers
05/31/2010 - Amorfix Life Sciences and Aragen Bioscience, Inc. announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against a number of targets for cancer. Using its pr...
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GENEART's First Quarter 2010: Net sales increase by about 13% to EUR 4.6M
05/31/2010 - GENEART AG increased its net sales during the first quarter 2010 by about 13% from EUR 4.0M to EUR 4.6M compared to the previous year's reference period. EBITDA reached EUR 0.5M and thus exceeded the ...
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Better animal-free test for chemicals that can cause contact dermatitis
05/28/2010 - Scientists are reporting development of a fast, simple, inexpensive method for determining whether chemicals in consumer products and workplaces may cause skin allergies in people -- a method that doe...
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Chempolis to supply three biorefineries to China
05/28/2010 - Chempolis has signed a licence and EPC agreement with Tianjin Jiuqian Paper Co Ltd. to supply three formico® biorefineries, each capable of producing 100,000 t/a of bleached wheat straw pulp. The new ...
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OncoMethylome Sciences receives ISO 9001:2008 certification
05/28/2010 - OncoMethylome Sciences announced that its Belgium based clinical diagnostics service laboratory has received the important ISO 9001:2008 certification from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance Ltd.
IS...
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Marinomed’s MAM-06.301 achieves preclinical proof of concept
05/28/2010 - Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH announced that MAM-06.301 has achieved preclinical proof of concept for the treatment of allergy and allergic asthma. The study is published in BMC Immunology.
The com...
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Pevion Biotech and CEVEC Pharmaceuticals Sign Exclusive License Option Agreement
05/28/2010 - Pharmaceuticals announced the signing of an exclusive license option agreement with Pevion Biotech. The agreement enables Pevion Biotech to exclusively use CEVEC’s transient CAP-T™ cell expression tec...
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Blocking tumor's 'death switch' paradoxically stops tumor growth
05/27/2010 - Every cell contains machinery for self-destruction, used to induce death when damaged or sick. But according to a new research study, a receptor thought to mediate cell suicide in normal cells may act...
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Genome comparison tools found to be susceptible to slip-ups
05/27/2010 - You might call it comparing apples and oranges, but lining up different species' genomes is common practice in evolutionary research. Scientists can see how species have evolved, pinpoint which sectio...
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Cytochroma announces positive Phase 1/2 results for CTAP101 capsules in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients
05/27/2010 - Cytochroma announced positive Phase 1/2 results for CTAP101 Capsules, a product being developed to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with vitamin D insufficiency in non-dialysis ch...
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iCo Therapeutics Inc. enters into Technology Transfer Agreement with Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
05/27/2010 - iCo Therapeutics Inc. announced that it has entered into a Technology Transfer Agreement with Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to transfer certain technology related to the manufacture of iCo-007 to iCo in...
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ElexoPharm Appoints Prof. Jürgen Engel as Chairman of the Advisory Board
05/27/2010 - ElexoPharm GmbH announced the appointment of Professor Dr. Jürgen Engel as Chairman of its Advisory Board. He is going to support ElexoPharm’s efforts to expand its activities in preclinical drug deve...
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Moth larvae spit boosts yield of Colombian spud
05/26/2010 - When a major South American pest infests potato tubers, the plant produces bigger spuds, reports a study by Cornell, University of Goettingen and National University of Colombia researchers. The secr...
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QIAGEN Acquires Comprehensive Portfolio of Molecular Food Safety Tests
Addition of 70 assays enables the company to offer a complete workflow in food testing and to strengthen its fastest growing business segment
05/26/2010 - QIAGEN announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Institute for Product Quality (ifp), pursuant to which QIAGEN has acquired all rights to 70 molecular food safety tests developed by th...
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EFSA issues scientific opinion on safety of Cognis’ Tonalin CLA as a food ingredient
05/26/2010 - Cognis announced that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concludes that the safety of Tonalin® CLA has been established for defined uses as a food ingredient. The EFSA scientific opinion marks ...
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Genzyme Receives FDA Approval for Lumizyme for Pompe Disease
05/26/2010 - Genzyme Corporation announced that the FDA has granted U.S. marketing approval for Lumizyme™ (alglucosidase alfa), produced at the 4000 liter (L) bioreactor scale at its manufacturing facility in Geel...
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Genzyme Announces Final Terms of FDA Consent Decree
05/26/2010 - Genzyme Corporation announced that the terms for the consent decree regarding the Allston manufacturing plant have been finalized. These terms are in line with the company’s expectations announced las...
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Catalogues and Brochures

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The new BOCHEM® -Laboratory Catalogue "4 in 1"
1 catalogue - 4 languages: German, English, French & Spanish
The company BOCHEM® manufactures metal ware and instruments for the laboratory need since more than 50 years, whereas the company is specialised in the processing of stainless steel. Mostly all common consumables for the lab are available out of metal...

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Novodirect General Catalogue
This catalogue features a wide selection of more than 35,000 products for industry and research. Please take notice of our sales...

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