Table of Contents
August 17, 2026 (Volume 35, Issue 9)
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Article
The IBO 2026 Mid-Year Forecast
Executive Briefing
The latest on PacBio, Bruker, and more
Financial
Second Quarter Results: Bruker, Danaher, Sartorius, Shimadzu AMI, and Thermo Fisher Scientific
Market Profile
Isotope Ratio MS
Industry Watch
Chemicals and R&D
Food & Beverage
AI and Biology
Region Watch
China
India
South Korea
News
Life Science Instruments
Gene-Based Analysis
Cell-Based Analysis
Protein-Based Analysis
MS, LC-MS & GC-MS
Surface Science
Informatics
Bottom Line
Companies’ latest reported financial results
Automation Provides a Boost for Sample Prep Instrument Market Growth
A new report from SDi, IBO’s publisher, reveals that demand for automated systems is impacting sales of sample preparation techniques. For certain extraction techniques, the growth of automated systems is outpacing the growth rates for manual equipment approaches. The SDi report, “Sample Preparation: NA Prep, Extraction Techniques, and Preparative Chromatography,” covers these three overarching categories […]
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 […]