Eppendorf Group opens site in South Africa

Targeted strengthening of customer centricity with high-tech laboratory for pipette calibration and comprehensive range of high-quality laboratory services

19-Feb-2024 - The globally active Eppendorf Group is expanding its presence by opening a new location in South Africa. The branch office is located in Johannesburg's economic center "Waterfall City" and offers attractive office workplaces for sales and service activities, a modern pipette calibration ...

analytica: Significant upswing in international spin-offs

Country-specific challenges

26-Sep-2023 - The five international analytica trade fairs that make up the international cluster of the world’s leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology registered some significant increase in visitors and exhibitors this year. With the successful local spin-offs in China, ...

First trade fair in the analytica network in Africa

Successful premiere for analytica Lab Africa

17-Jul-2019 - The first analytica Lab Africa took place from July 09 to 11, 2019, at the Gallagher Convention Center in Johannesburg: 148 exhibitors from 15 countries presented their tailor-made solutions from laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics for the African market. analytica Lab ...

Shedding a new light on optical trapping and tweezing

A new device for manipulating and moving tiny objects with light

29-Nov-2018 - When you shine a beam of light on your hand, you don't feel much, except for a little bit of heat generated by the beam. When you shine that same light into a world that is measured on the nano- or micro scale, the light becomes a powerful manipulating tool that you can use to move objects around ...

Messe München acquires lab-technology trade fair Lab Africa

Expansion of the analytica network

05-Oct-2017 - Messe München bolsters its portfolio with the future market of Africa. By taking over Lab Africa, it is acquiring the only laboratory and analytics trade fair in South Africa, which is part of the analytica trade fair network. The first Lab Africa under the banner of Messe München will take place ...

Merck and the University of Cape Town to Develop a Drug Discovery Platform for Malaria

23-Nov-2015 - Merck announced that a research agreement has been signed with the University of Cape Town (UCT) South Africa to co-develop a new R&D platform aimed at identifying new lead programs for potential treatments against malaria, with the potential to expand it to other tropical diseases. Combining ...

EMBO, EMBC and South African government sign agreement

27-Sep-2011 - Scientists in South Africa will access the latest in European life sciences thinking and research following a cooperation agreement between EMBO, its intergovernmental funding body, EMBC, and the government of South Africa. The agreement will allow South African scientists to participate in EMBO ...

BIOCOM Biotech and AnaSpec Sign Distributor Agreement

18-Sep-2009 - AnaSpec and BIOCOM Biotech announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow BIOCOM Biotech to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout South Africa. AnaSpec’s Director of Sales & Marketing, Violeta Rajkovska, noted, “AnaSpec is pleased to partner with BIOCOM ...

Neurotune announces regulatory approval for Phase II Clinical Trial to treat neuropathic pain in HIV patients

18-Aug-2009 - Neurotune AG has received MCC ’s (the South African National Regulatory Agency) approval for a Phase II clinical study of neurotune’s lead compound NT-11624 for neuropathic pain caused by treatment with anti-retroviral medication. Neurotune’s Phase II trial (8-week, randomized, double-blind, ...