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Frost & Sullivan honours recipients of 2015 Excellence in Best Practices Awards

On Thursday, October 22, Frost & Sullivan honoured recipients of its 2015 Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet in Monaco. With a festive ambiance and exciting Awards, the event brought together top executives to celebrate their success.

23 Oct 2015

Quest Diagnostics announces net income of $342 million for third quarter of 2015

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced today that for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, adjusted net income was $172 million compared to $161 million for 2014. Adjusted diluted EPS excluding amortization was $1.28 in the third quarter of 2015, compared to $1.20 in 2014.

From Quest Diagnostics 22 Oct 2015

Adeptus Health's net operating revenue increases 53% to $88.2 million in third quarter 2015

Adeptus Health Inc., the largest operator of freestanding emergency rooms in the U.S., announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015.

22 Oct 2015

Honeywell inks definitive agreement to acquire Sigma-Aldrich's laboratory research chemicals business

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Seelze, Germany-based laboratory research chemicals business from Sigma-Aldrich for approximately 105 million euro.

20 Oct 2015

Sigma-Aldrich, Sanger Institute partner to manufacture and distribute arrayed lentiviral CRISPR library

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation today announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute to manufacture and distribute the Sanger Institute's arrayed lentiviral CRISPR library. The library will be the first of its kind, providing researchers with a collection of individual clones designed to knock out every known human and mouse protein-coding gene using the CRISPR system.

20 Oct 2015

Allergan completes acquisition of AqueSys

Allergan plc, a leading global pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of AqueSys, Inc. a clinical-stage medical device company focused on developing ocular implants that reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) associated with glaucoma.

19 Oct 2015

Dehaier secures medical device distribution bid for rural healthcare construction project supported by CDB

Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd., which develops, markets and sells medical devices and wearable sleep respiratory products in China, today announced that it has won a medical device distribution bid for a new rural healthcare construction project supported by China Development Bank Corp.

19 Oct 2015

Aratana announces $40 million senior secured credit facility

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., a pet therapeutics company focused on the licensing, development and commercialization of innovative biopharmaceutical products for companion animals, today announced a $40 million senior secured credit facility with Pacific Western Bank, as agent and lender, and Oxford Finance LLC, as lender. The facility refinances the $15 million loan facility previously provided to the Company by Pacific Western Bank (as successor-in-interest to Square 1 Bank).

16 Oct 2015

Square Roots announces acquisition of Fitzgerald Analytics

Square Roots, a life sciences company focused on pregnancy and the healthy formation of life, announced that it has acquired Fitzgerald Analytics, a leading analytics and data science firm. The cash and stock purchase is central to Square Roots' strategy to develop evidence-based solutions that improve maternal health in the United States.

15 Oct 2015

Slater endoscopy launches ENSIZOR® endoscopic scissors for bariatric surgery market

Slater Endoscopy, LLC, a medical device company that develops and manufactures minimally invasive flexible endoscopic devices, announced today the launch of its ENSIZOR® Endoscopic Scissors with Patented Edge Flex™ Technology to meet the needs of the growing endoscopic surgery market.

15 Oct 2015

Amedica launches innovative articulating inserter for minimally invasive TLIF procedures

Amedica Corporation (Nasdaq:AMDA), a company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride ceramics as a biomaterial platform, is pleased to announce the release of its Scorpion™ articulating inserter to accompany the Valeo II™ TL interbody fusion device system. The Scorpion inserter will be commercially available mid-November 2015, and will aide in minimally-invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgeries.

15 Oct 2015

Commonwealth Lab expands access to new IBS test with national agreement with Quest

Commonwealth Laboratories, LLC ("Commonwealth") announced today that it has formed an agreement with Quest Diagnostics ("Quest") that will expand the availability of IBSchek™, a new laboratory developed blood test designed to help physicians quickly and reliably diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

From Quest Diagnostics 15 Oct 2015

TxCell reviews its manufacturing strategy to focus on R&D and strategic partnerships - its core, high added value businesses

TxCell SA, a biotechnology company developing innovative, personalized T cell immunotherapies using antigen specific regulatory T-cells (Ag-Tregs) for severe chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, announces today that it is operating a strategic review that should result in the outsourcing of all existing and future clinical and commercial manufacturing operations to contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs).

15 Oct 2015

Merck unveils new global brand as a science and technology company

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the relaunch of its brand identity. The fundamental revision of the visual appearance as well as the introduction of a new logo reflect the transformation into a global science and technology company. At the same time, the brand architecture at business level has been simplified. Outside the United States and Canada, the company will operate uniformly as Merck.

15 Oct 2015

Chemical Heritage Foundation announces merger with Life Sciences Foundation

On October 9, 2015, the board of directors of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) in Philadelphia approved a merger with the Life Sciences Foundation (LSF) of San Francisco. On October 11, the Life Sciences Foundation board approved the same plan.

15 Oct 2015

Intuitive Surgical and Trumpf Medical team up to address hospitals’ need for operating room integration

Intuitive Surgical and Trumpf Medical are now offering Integrated Table Motion for the da Vinci® Xi® Surgical System in Europe. This first-of-its-kind product includes the latest Intuitive Surgical robotic-assisted surgical system and Trumpf Medical’s advanced operating table, the TruSystem® 7000dV. The surgical system and table have been seamlessly integrated to allow surgeons and anesthesiologists – for the first time – to make a comprehensive range of table adjustments easily and efficiently during da Vinci Surgery.

15 Oct 2015

OncoSec reports net loss of $6.5 million for fourth quarter of fiscal 2015

OncoSec Medical Incorporated, a company developing DNA-based intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended July 31, 2015.

15 Oct 2015

Rene Lenggenhager is announced Biospin group president

Bruker today announces the appointment of Dr. Rene Lenggenhager as President of the Bruker BioSpin Group, effective November 1st, 2015

14 Oct 2015

enGene, Janssen Biotech sign agreement to develop and commercialize new IBD therapies

enGene, Inc. a gene therapy company focused on development of therapeutics using its proprietary "Gene Pill" and enema gene delivery platform, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to develop and commercialize new therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

14 Oct 2015

Phagelux announces purchase of Scithera Microbial Technologies' key assets

Phagelux, Inc., a leading anti-bacterial company, is pleased to announce the purchase of the key assets of Scithera Microbial Technologies, Ltd., headquartered in Wuhan China, a pioneer in the research and development of lysin solutions for pathogen control in the field of human health.

14 Oct 2015

Business / Finance

Frost & Sullivan honours recipients of 2015 Excellence in Best Practices Awards

Quest Diagnostics announces net income of $342 million for third quarter of 2015

Adeptus Health's net operating revenue increases 53% to $88.2 million in third quarter 2015

Honeywell inks definitive agreement to acquire Sigma-Aldrich's laboratory research chemicals business

Sigma-Aldrich, Sanger Institute partner to manufacture and distribute arrayed lentiviral CRISPR library

Allergan completes acquisition of AqueSys

Dehaier secures medical device distribution bid for rural healthcare construction project supported by CDB

Aratana announces $40 million senior secured credit facility

Square Roots announces acquisition of Fitzgerald Analytics

Slater endoscopy launches ENSIZOR® endoscopic scissors for bariatric surgery market

Amedica launches innovative articulating inserter for minimally invasive TLIF procedures

Commonwealth Lab expands access to new IBS test with national agreement with Quest

TxCell reviews its manufacturing strategy to focus on R&D and strategic partnerships - its core, high added value businesses

Merck unveils new global brand as a science and technology company

Chemical Heritage Foundation announces merger with Life Sciences Foundation

Intuitive Surgical and Trumpf Medical team up to address hospitals’ need for operating room integration

OncoSec reports net loss of $6.5 million for fourth quarter of fiscal 2015

Rene Lenggenhager is announced Biospin group president

enGene, Janssen Biotech sign agreement to develop and commercialize new IBD therapies

Phagelux announces purchase of Scithera Microbial Technologies' key assets

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Exploring the Future of Neuroscience Drug Discovery

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