Cantimer Inc.

Cantimer Inc. of Norwood, Mass., and Advanced Instruments Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., have jointly announced their signing of a license and product development agreement. Under terms of the agreement, the latter company, a supplier of freezing-point cryoscopes and osmometers, has received an exclusive license to the former company’s sensor technology for select applications in the biotech market. Their product development agreement allows Cantimer, a proprietary sensor technology platform provider, to develop a specific detector to integrate into Advanced Instruments’ products for in situ monitoring of osmolality in bioreactors and fermenters.