Company Announcements Pyrolyzer maker Frontier Laboratories opened its first US office in October 2010 in Antioch, California. The company is working with Diablo Analytical to assist its existing US distributors, Quantum Analytics and Shimadzu. Shimadzu announced in January that its GC-2010 Plus and GC-2014 systems can now be controlled in a Waters Empower Software environment. […]
Atomic Spectrometry LECO introduced two elemental analyzers for applications involving metals, alloys and other inorganic samples: the CS844 for carbon/sulfur measurements and the ONH836 for measuring oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen. Improvements in the combustion furnace, detector systems and cleaning automation have been combined with touch-screen control. The CS844 is priced at $65,000 and began shipment […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker’s S8 Dragon wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (WD-XRF) system combines a conventional array of wavelength detectors dedicated for elements of particular interest with a multielement energy dispersive detector (the Bruker XFlash, more commonly used for energy dispersive spectrometry [EDS] microanalysis) to provide simultaneous measurement of the remaining elements. A complete run takes […]
Micro and portable GCs are a distinct product market that is neither part of the large market for process GCs nor part of the mammoth market for laboratory benchtop GCs. Technological advancements have helped to enable the rise of the market for micro GCs, which are widely used in many hydrocarbon-related applications. The market’s competitive […]
Billerica, MA 2/24/11—Bruker has entered into an agreement to acquire Michrom Bioresources, a provider of LC instrumentation, accessories and consumables. Financial details were not disclosed. Michrom recorded 2010 revenues of $3 million. “Michrom’s broad portfolio of novel technologies and high-performance products is highly complementary to our mass spectrometry products,” said Mr. Collin D’Silva, president of […]
Company Announcements Spectrum Chemicals & Laboratory Products announced a partnership with SGE Analytical Science in fall 2010 to distribute SGE’s ProteCol HPLC columns. BioSystem Development announced in November 2010 a collaboration with BAC BV to develop high-affinity ligands for its AssayMAP platform. BAC will contribute its CaptureSelect Antibody Toolbox affinity ligands. Semba Biosciences partnered with […]
The separations market performed well in 2010, recovering from an anemic 2009. The separations market accounted for 17% of the total analytical and life sciences instrumentation industry, increasing 5.8% to $6.6 billion in 2010. In the first half of 2010, the market experienced exceptional growth due to robust demand for new instruments. Some separations technologies […]
Company Announcements Dani and JEOL (Europe) BV announced an exclusive distribution agreement or the Benelux for their respective Master-TOF MS and JMST100GCv. INFICON’s third-quarter Emergency Response & Security sales declined 43% to CHF 4.3 million ($4.2 million) due to lower North American sales. Third-quarter revenue for the Agilent Micro GC business (see IBO 3/31/10) was […]
Despite drastic reductions in pharmaceutical R&D headcount and spending, which have reduced growth, flash chromatography, a preparative LC technique, accounted for more than $100 million in annual revenues in 2009 (see table, page 6) and is expected to grow in the mid-to-high single digits. Demand for flash chromatography comes mainly from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and […]
Sales of biosimilars, or follow-on biologics, could reach $10 billion by 2015, according to The Economist. US healthcare reform legislation signed into law earlier this year created an abbreviated FDA approval pathway for biosimilars. This month, the FDA held a two-day hearing about how to implement this pathway. Also this month, the European Medicine Agency […]
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