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Business in Brief

A round-up of this month’s business news, from COVID-19 testing to new product launches

By Lauren Robertson 05/09/2020 1 min read

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Image credit: Biosero, Inc.

  • Thermo Scientific announced the launch of its new iCAP PRO Series ICP-OES platform to accelerate the analysis of trace elements for routine laboratory applications (1).
  • Health Canada approved the use of Spartan Bioscience’s portable COVID-19 rapid molecular diagnostic test, Spartan Cube. This coffee cup-sized DNA analyzer can be used outside the lab in settings such as airports or remote communities (2).

  • Thermo Scientific announced the launch of its new iCAP PRO Series ICP-OES platform to accelerate the analysis of trace elements for routine laboratory applications (1).
  • Health Canada approved the use of Spartan Bioscience’s portable COVID-19 rapid molecular diagnostic test, Spartan Cube. This coffee cup-sized DNA analyzer can be used outside the lab in settings such as airports or remote communities (2).
  • Agilent is working with My Green Lab to have their instruments independently audited for the Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency (ACT) label, which provides information about the environmental impact of manufacturing, using, and disposing of a product and its packaging (3).
  • Biosero, in collaboration with Scripps Research Institute, is offering a free automated lab workflow to accelerate the treatment of COVID-19. The Green Button Go™ automation scheduling software enables screening of 14,000 FDA-approved compounds for their therapeutic potential against the virus (4).
  • PerkinElmer has expanded its analysis and automation portfolio to streamline workflows in pharmaceutical, semiconductor, biomonitoring, food, and materials labs. The new range includes multi-quadrupole ICP-MS, and FT-IR (5).

References

  1. Thermo Fisher (2020). Available at: https://bit.ly/3aIWhPC
  2. Spartan Bio (2020). Available at: https://bit.ly/2YarCbm
  3. Business Wire (2020). Available at: https://bwnews.pr/2zzA1ek
  4. Biosero (2020). Available at: https://bit.ly/2Y7s3Dh
  5. PerkinElmer (2020). Available at: https://bit.ly/2KDjZCq

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Lauren Robertson

By the time I finished my degree in Microbiology I had come to one conclusion – I did not want to work in a lab. Instead, I decided to move to the south of Spain to teach English. After two brilliant years, I realized that I missed science, and what I really enjoyed was communicating scientific ideas – whether that be to four-year-olds or mature professionals. On returning to England I landed a role in science writing and found it combined my passions perfectly. Now at Texere, I get to hone these skills every day by writing about the latest research in an exciting, creative way.

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