Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences | August 14, 2020

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announced today that it is collaborating with Fry Laboratories, LLC and BioID Genomics, Inc., for the development of rapid next generation sequencing (NGS) diagnostics for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The collaboration focuses on establishing high-throughput and capable SARS-CoV-2 detection under the current FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) guidelines. Beckman Coulter’s expertise in nucleic acid purification, automation solutions, and key reagents used in NGS...

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences | August 10, 2020

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces that it has entered into a collaboration with genedrive plc (LSE: GDR), the near-patient molecular diagnostics company, to automate the laboratory PCR testing process for COVID-19. The two companies are working to combine and validate the Genedrive® 96 SARS-CoV-2 Kit on the Biomek i7 automated workstation—with saliva samples extracted using Beckman Coulter’s RNAdvance Viral extraction chemistry....

ELEMENTUM 3D | January 13, 2020

Additive manufacturing research and development company Elementum 3D has received investment from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas through its Series A funding round. The undisclosed amount has been given to Elementum in order to support its endeavours in the development of advanced metal, composites and ceramic materials for 3D printing. It represents SCOA’s fourth investment in the additive manufacturing market, after backing aerospace supplier Sintavia, manufacturer AREVO, and service b...

Manufacturing Global | January 13, 2020

Shannon Murphy, Assistant Head of Risk Underwriting and manufacturing specialist at Euler Hermes, examines the last 12 months and explains where the risks lie for the sector in the year ahead. Manufacturers around the world have had a challenging year in 2019. The impact of the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China and uncertainty surrounding the UK’s withdrawal from the EU have both contributed to the slowing of the global economy, which will have given the sector’s leaders...