OpGen forges agreement with Japanese importer
Laptop Battery By WTN News • 05/02/05 Madison, Wis. DNA analysis company OpGen has cut an exclusive distribution agreement with Japanese importer M&S Instruments Inc.
M&S imports pharmaceutical, info-tech and biotech tools. The partnership will market OpGen's system for analyzing genomes to life-science researchers in Japan. The company's import product lines include reagents, kits and electrophoresis-related instruments and supplies. Primary customers include government and university research labs and pharmaceutical companies.
The two companies kicked off the partnership at an M&S-sponsored presentation from OpGen's chief science officer, Colin Dykes, at the Human Genome Organization's 10th International Genome Meeting recently held in Kyoto, Japan.
OpGen Inc. is commercializing Optical Mapping, a single-molecule DNA analysis technology, for rapid comparison of whole genomes. The system is made to obtain detailed genetic information from any organism with no prior sequence information, PCR, cloning or probes.
According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
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