WaferGen Bio-systems Announces a Commercial Partnership with a Major Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory
PR Newswire - Thu Jul 31, 8:01AM CDT
WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCQB: WGBS) announced today a commercial partnership with Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc. (MPLN) with the goal of developing Next-Generation sequencing (NGS) based clinical tests.
WaferGen Bio-Systems Announces Appointment of Ivan Trifunovich as Chairman of the Board; Joel Kanter to Serve as Lead Independent Director
PR Newswire - Fri Jul 18, 8:01AM CDT
WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBSD) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ivan Trifunovich, the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman of the Board. Joel Kanter, a director of the company since 2007, will serve as lead independent director. Alnoor Shivji, the company's Chairman since 2002, resigned from the board to focus full time on a new startup venture.
WaferGen Bio-systems Announces Reverse Stock Split as it Pursues NASDAQ Listing
PR Newswire - Mon Jun 30, 3:02PM CDT
WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS) announced today a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock. The company completed the reverse stock split as it seeks to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
WaferGen Bio-systems to Present at LD Micro Invitational on June 4th
PR Newswire - Mon Jun 02, 3:30PM CDT
WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (WGBS), an innovative life science company, today announced that the Company's President & CEO, Dr. Ivan Trifunovich, will make a presentation on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 at 10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel in Los Angeles.
WaferGen Bio-systems Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2013 Conference Call
PR Newswire - Tue Mar 18, 5:12PM CDT
WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (WGBS) announced today that it will host a conference call and live audio webcast to discuss its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. The call and webcast will be held on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 11:00 am ET and will be hosted by Ivan Trifunovich, President and CEO of WaferGen Bio-systems.
WaferGen Bio-systems Reports Solid Revenue Growth for Q4 and the Year 2013
PR Newswire - Thu Mar 13, 4:42PM CDT
WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCQB: WGBS) announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013.
WaferGen Bio-systems Acquires a Leading Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Library Preparation Business and Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
PR Newswire - Tue Jan 07, 8:10AM CST
WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (QTCQB: WGBS) announced today the acquisition of the NGS library preparation business from IntegenX Inc. Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc., through Wafergen, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, acquired on January 6, 2014 substantially all of the assets of IntegenX's product line used in connection with developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling instruments and reagents relating to library preparation for NGS, including the Apollo 324TM instrument and PrepX® reagents. The purchase price for the acquired business was composed of (1) an up-front cash payment of $2.0 million, (2) a $1.25 million secured promissory note due on January 6, 2017 (repayable early in certain circumstances), (3) up to three earn-out payments payable based on certain revenue thresholds in 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively, and (4) Wafergen, Inc.'s assumption of certain liabilities related to the acquired business. Additional information on the transaction can be found in WaferGen's Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6, 2014.