News of the dayAmgen to Buy Micromet
27.01.12 Thousand Oaks/Munich - Bling bling for blinatumomab. It is a compliment for the European life sciences scene and sad news at the same time. Amgen Inc., the world's largest biotechnology company, agreed to buy Micromet Inc., an...moreRoche makes a US-$5.7bn hostile bid for Illumina
26.01.12 Basel – The rumours started just before Christmas. Roche wants Illumina. Just how dearly, has just become clear. The Swiss drugmaker made a $5.7b hostile bid for Illumina, the current market leader in Next-Generation sequencing.... moreDSM in $250m cellulosic ethanol joint venture
25.01.12 Amsterdam – Two elephants in the biofuels business join forces. Dutch food and chemicals group Royal DSM and POET, LLC, a US-based ethanol producer, announced a plan to build a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant. POET–DSM... moreProduct of the WeekPorvair Sciences announces 2012 Microplate catalogue
24.01.12 Many scientists around the world have come to rely upon the Porvair Sciences Catalogue as a primary source of information that enables them to choose the optimum microplate or tissue culture consumable for their application.??The...more