Hopkinton, MA and Alameda, CA —Caliper Life Sciences announced its S-4 filing for its acquisition of Xenogen (see IBO 2/15/06) was declared effective on July 11. Both companies will hold stockholder meetings on August 9 to vote on the acquisition. The acquisition, which is expected to close August 9, was originally scheduled to close in […]
PALO ALTO, Calif., and NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Distek, Inc. today announced an agreement for Distek to become a preferred provider in North America for dissolution instrumentation service under Agilent’s Lab Resource Management program. Distek will also support Agilent engineers in other geographies with parts, tools, protocols and training so […]
Holliston, MA —Harvard Bioscience’s Austrian subsidiary, AsysHitech GmbH, has purchased select assets of the microplate reader andwasher product lines of Anthos Labtec Instruments GmbH, a BeckmanCoulter subsidiary. Financial details were not provided. “This acquisi-tion provides us with a new design platform, software and a luminescencecapability which complement our current Asys product line,” said DavidParr, managing […]
Santa Clara, CA 6/14/06—Symyx Technologies has acquired Autodose SA, a Swiss maker of precision powder dispensing equipment for CHF 8.5 million ($6.9 million)in cash and additional considerations up to CHF 7.7 million. AutoDose will become a subsidiary of Symyx and will serve as its European headquarters. “This acquisition underscores our commitment to serving the European […]
South Australian biotechnology company, TGR BioSciences Pty Ltd, has secured a long term licensing agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc., a leading US technology company that will provide worldwide distribution of TGR’s new generation of drug screening kits. TGR’s SureFire™ ERK assay kits use cutting-edge proprietary technology that helps pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as research […]
Philadelphia, PA – Thermo Electron Corporation,that WuXi PharmaTech Co., Ltd., the leader in the pharmaceutical R&D services industry in China, has selected Watson LIMS to meet the specific data management requirements of its bioanalytical facilities. Shanghai-based WuXi PharmaTech serves 19 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and 8 of the top 10 biopharmaceutical companies in […]
PALO ALTO, Calif., — Cell Biosciences announces the introduction of the Firefly(TM) 3000 automated blotless immunoassay workstation for quantitative measurement of cell signaling and protein expression. The Firefly system is designed to leverage the knowledge and intuition of life science researchers by introducing automated parallel analysis into their laboratory operations. The heart of the Firefly […]
Minneapolis, MN —On February 26, MOCON completed the sale of the common stock of its Lab Connections subsidiary to LEAP Technologies for $517,296 in cash. MOCON anticipates an after-tax gain of $90,000 for the first quarter ending March 31. Lab Connections, which MOCON acquired in 1998 makes the LC-Transform product line for fraction collection prior […]
-Provides Entry into High-Growth Optical Imaging Market – – Catalyzes Transformation to Leading Edge Drug Discovery Tools and Services Company – – Enhances Revenue Growth and Profitability Outlook – Hopkinton, Mass., and Alameda, Calif., February 13, 2006— Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of products and services for drug discovery research, and […]
BOSTON, Jan 23, 2006 — Introduces New Liquid Handling Solutions to Provide Real-Time and Future Adaptability in Throughput, Capacity and Dynamic Volume Range PerkinElmer Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced extensive new capabilities for its comprehensive JANUS(TM) Automated Workstation platform at LabAutomation 2006, in Palm Springs, California, booth […]
Pay Invoice
Latest Blogs
-
New Report Details Higher Education Science R&D Spending
February 27, 2026 3:23 pm
-
Single Use Leads Bioreactor Market Growth
December 30, 2025 6:04 pm
Sitemap
Your Data and Privacy
About Us
IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) is a twice-monthly newsletter aimed at providing decision-makers with the latest and most complete information available on the life science and analytical instrument industry, and lab product markets. IBO delivers the latest curated industry news, information and trends, as well as SDi data and analysis to deliver the maximum in industry insight with a minimum time investment for executives and investors.
