January 3, 2005 - Bio-Rad Receives FDA Clearance for New BioPlex(R) 2200 System

Novel Automated Multiplexing Technology Streamlines Patient Testing and Maximizes Laboratory Efficiency

January 3, 2005 - Broad Institute software tool helps scientists, others visualize whole genomes

The Broad Institute has created and released for free a software tool to help researchers and students visualize and manipulate entire genomes.

January 3, 2005 - Applied Biosystems Releases Expanded Version of the PANTHER Protein Classification System Database

PANTHER 5.0 Provides Life Scientists with Unique Resource for Protein and Pathway Analysis; Database To Become Part of InterPro

January 1, 2005 - Thermo Announces Latest Metrology Tool for Metal Film Thickness and Composition Measurement

Unique combination of microbeam X-ray collimation technology and traditional EDXRF spectroscopy

December 30, 2004 - Genelabs Technologies Receives $1.25 Million From Affymetrix for Amendment to Non-Exclusive License for DNA Amplification Technology

Genelabs Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received $1.25 million from Affymetrix Inc. for an amendment to a non-exclusive license to Genelabs’ Linker-Aided DNA Amplification technology, which is known as LADA.

December 30, 2004 - Software Demo Reveals All: MSC-LIMS 3.0 Demo Unveils New Features

Prospective users may now download MSC-LIMS’ interactive Version 3.0 demo with no obligation, directly from [url=http://www.msc-lims.com]www.msc-lims.com[/url] Labs researching laboratory information management system (LIMS) options may explore MSC-LIMS’ features in detail without “registering,” privacy guaranteed.

December 29, 2004 - LIMS Streamlines Diagnostic Testing

In an era of increased competitiveness, economic uncertainty, ever-increasing regulation and global turmoil, companies are striving to continually improve operational efficiency. Many are looking to information technology to provide reductions in operating costs and increased efficiency by automating and streamlining existing business processes. This article outlines the experiences of one company, Altrix Heathcare plc as they implemented their laboratory information management system.

December 27, 2004 - Presolicitation Notice – Laboratory Testing Services

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

December 27, 2004 - Invitation to Bid – Sample Testing

State of California - Dept. of Corrections

December 27, 2004 - Four Rivers Software Announces Six Distribution Partners

Four Rivers Software Systems, Inc., the leading maintenance management software (EAM/CMMS) provider for the healthcare industry, today announced six non-exclusive distribution partners for its TMS product-line.

December 23, 2004 - Datasweep Delivers Unified Software Platform for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers; Responds to New FDA Guidelines for ”cGMPs for the 21st Century”

Datasweep, Inc. today announced comprehensive and unified support for the FDA's emerging Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

December 23, 2004 - Aspen Technology Announces Completion of Federal Trade Commission Settlement and Agreement with Honeywell

Aspen Technology, Inc., a leading provider of process industry enterprise operations management solutions, today announced that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gave final approval to the consent decree settling its action against AspenTech and to Honeywell International as the acquirer of AspenTech's operator training business and intellectual property of the Hyprotech engineering products.

December 23, 2004 - Dade Behring’s New Dimension Xpand Plus Integrated System Provides Laboratories with Flexible Choices, Small ”Footprint”

Building upon the success of its Dimension(R) Xpand(R) System, the only chemistry analyzer to offer true integration of chemistry and immunochemistry testing for the low-volume laboratory, Dade Behring will begin to offer laboratories the Dimension(R) Xpand(R) Plus System, a second generation integrated analyzer.

December 22, 2004 - atsec information security Announces Plans to Extend Common Criteria Evaluation and Cryptographic Module Testing Services

Austin, TX and Munich, Germany based atsec information security today announced plans to become a fully accredited testing laboratory under the U.S. Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS).

December 22, 2004 - TDi Signs Cooperative Research and Development Agreement With INEEL

TDi's ConsoleWorks Software Will Support Efforts to Reduce Cyber Vulnerabilities in Nation's Critical Infrastructures with Signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

December 22, 2004 - Moldflow Corporation Announces Moldflow Plastics Advisers 7.1; Customer-driven Features Expand Analysis Capabilities and Increase User Productivity

Moldflow Corporation, the world leader in software and enabling hardware solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastic products, today announced the immediate availability of Moldflow Plastics Advisers(R) 7.1 (MPA(R) 7.1) software, Moldflow's easy-to-learn, 3D solids-based, plastics flow simulation product.

December 22, 2004 - Tripos Announces Agreement to Acquire Optive Research, a Molecular Discovery Software Company

Expands Product Portfolio to Provide Customers With a Broader Range of Innovative Informatics Solutions

December 22, 2004 - SENSYO Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement With SAIC to Offer Comprehensive Enterprise Operations Management Integration Solutions to Life Science Customers

SENSYO, a leading French provider of life science enterprise operations management technology today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a global leader in systems integration, systems engineering and program management.

December 21, 2004 - eGene Inc. Announces Its Strategic Full-Service Distribution Alliance with the Global European-Based HVD Life Science and HVD Biotech Vertriebs-GmbH

eGene Inc., which is in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing analytical systems and reagents for the global bio-separation and genotyping markets, reports today on its new alliance.

December 21, 2004 - DiaSys Continues International Expansion Through Entrance Into Australian Market; Company Selects Laboratory Diagnostics To Distribute Diagnostics Products in Country

DiaSys Corporation a global diagnostics products company, announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Laboratory Diagnostics Pty Ltd., a leading distributor of niche market testing products for both the human and veterinary diagnostic industry in Australia and New Zealand.