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IBO August 4, 2026 (Volume 35, Issue 8)
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Articles
Service Survey Shows Parts & Supplies Are the Greatest Concern
Roche and Waters Announce New MS Systems at ADLM 2026
Executive Briefing
The latest on Danaher, Repligen, Bruker and more
Financial
Diversified Stock Index Falls Double Digits
Market Profile
Handheld Refractometers
Industry Watch
Government and R&D
Biopharma
Energy
Region Watch
UK
China
Africa
News
Broad-Based Companies
Sequencing
Laboratory Products
Lab Automation
Consumables
Lab Equipment
Materials Characterization
Bottom Line
Companies’ latest financial results
SDi Predicts a Recovery Amid Headwinds
In 2025, the analytical and life science instrumentation industry weathered challenges such as funding constraints in the early-stage biotech and US academic and government sectors, as well as changes in tariff policies. Nonetheless, Strategic Directions International (SDi) predicts in its 2026 “Global Assessment Report” that the industry will overcome these obstacles by meeting demand in […]
EU Roadmap Provides Further Impetus for New Approach Methodologies
Overview One of the latest major developments in the quest for greater use of new approach methodologies (NAMs), which are broadly defined as alternatives to animal testing for studying environmental and human health hazards, is the EU’s publication of its “Roadmap Towards Phasing Out Animal Testing for Chemical Safety Assessments.” Adopted by the European Commission […]
MOBILion Expands into Proteomics MS Market
MOBILion Systems set out in 2015 to disrupt the LC-MS market. The company’s Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulation (SLIM)technology utilizes a printed circuit board and electrical fields to move ions along what the company describes as a “serpentine path,” replacing the shorter straight ion flight path found in other high-resolution IMS systems. Because the ions […]
Carterra Introduces Faster SPR
At the Society for Lab Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2026, Carterra introduced its latest surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system, the Carterra Vega High-Throughput Surface Plasmon Resonance (HT-SPR) instrument. The system will expand the company’s presence into primary screening, one of the first stages of drug discovery, in addition to secondary screening, where SPR has traditionally […]
New Report Details Higher Education Science R&D Spending
According to a report from the National Science Foundation published this month, in FY24 (ending September 30, 2024), overall R&D spending (science and engineering and non-science and engineering) by US higher education institutions grew 8.1% to $117,719 million. The federal government was the leading source of spending. But spending growth was the fastest for state […]