Amersham Biosciences has launched its AKTAxpress system for
high-throughput protein purification, claiming that it can process
samples at four- to eight-times the rate of any other system on the
market, writes Phil Taylor.
Amersham Biosciences has launched its AKTAxpress system for
high-throughput protein purification, claiming that it can process
samples at four- to eight-times the rate of any other system on the
market.
In its last set of annual results before being acquired by General
Electric, Amersham of the UK reported lower profits last year as
currency effects bit into the company's bottom line, but saw its
drug discovery unit move into...
General Electric's €8.1 billion acquisition of the UK's Amersham
was approved by the European Union yesterday, after it concluded
that the deal would not create a monopoly in Europe's medical
imaging market.
Amersham has confirmed that its suitor is General Electric, which
has offered £5.7bn for the UK group. GE head says Biosciences
future is secure, at least in near-term.
General Electric is the company offering to buy Amersham of the UK,
it was confirmed today. The US group is offering £5.7 billion for
the life sciences group, and said it has no plans to hive off
Biosciences.
Amersham will no longer act as a distributor for Epoch Bioscience's
MGB Eclipse range of probe systems after failing to meet sales
targets, according to the latter company.
Amersham Biosciences has added a mouse genome product in its
CodeLink range, used for drug target identification, pathway
characterisation and drug effect predictions.
Amersham trims its 2003 profit outlook again after reporting lower
interim sales and profits, but points to currency effects and the
underlying strength of the business
UK life sciences group Amersham has reported first-quarter 2003
sales of £381 million (€544m), flat on the same period of 2002 but
up 6 per cent if unfavourable currency impacts and discontinued
product sales were excluded. The results...
Amersham Biosciences has launched a new DNA Amplification Kit,
GenomiPhi, which it says can simplify the DNA preparation process
and enable high-quality DNA to be prepared from a limited amount of
biological material.
Amersham Biosciences has launched a new bench-top separations
system for purifying proteins, äKTApilot, which for the first time
allows scientists to carry out process development right through to
small-scale production using a single...
