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PALO ALTO, Calif.—Agilent isn’t content to simply coast on its gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry accomplishments. Now it is out to conquer the liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) market, and is starting off on that path with the release of an entire new portfolio of LC/MS systems.

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ATLANTA—Serologicals Corp. recently announced that Chemicon International, its wholly-owned Temecula, Calif.-based subsidiary, had entered into a research and development agreement with Pittsburgh-based Cellumen to commercialize a cytotoxicity profiling panel and services designed with Chemicon’s cellular assay reagents and Cellumen’s system cell biology approach

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BOTHELL, Wash.—Lumera Corp., a nanotechnology company that designs proprietary molecular structures and polymer compounds for bioscience and technological applications, has executed a letter of intent with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), under which the university will purchase Lumera’s recently released ProteomicProcessor Biosensor instrument.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Seeking to deliver a cost-efficient, broad-brush toxicity screening service to large and small companies alike, Iconix Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Affymetrix Inc in early February announced a collaboration to do just that by combining the capabilities of Affymetrix’ GeneChip and Iconix’ DrugMatrix 640 compound reference database and analysis software system.

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MONROVIA, Calif.—With an eye to reducing adverse events, biotherapeutics company Xencor announced it signed a non-exclusive licensing deal with Eli Lilly & Co. for Xencor’s ImmunoFilter technology. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the multi-year deal will see the pharma giant gain access to immunogenicity data and software in exchange for annual fees.









