Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT), has launched the Reveos™ Automated Blood Processing System in the United States to help blood centers meet blood and platelet supply needs while helping their staff work more efficiently.

Diagnostic company SphingoTec GmbH (“SphingoTec”) announced a new partnership with Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Inc. (“Beckman Coulter”).

Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group of companies), has installed the first non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) workflow in Colombia at Genetix.

Owlstone Medical (“Owlstone”), announced it has entered into a Research Collaboration Agreement with the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (“CDRH”) - Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories (OSEL).

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, announces the appointment of Joe Fox as President of the company effective immediately.

Since 1995, the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, endowed with 20,000 EUR, has honored outstanding achievements in the field of biomedical research in Europe once a year.