In January, implementation management company Expo Technologies acquired SpectrAlliance, which provides PAT (the FDA’s Process and Analytical Technology initiative) focused software, including NovaPAC. Yokogawa Electric appointed Shuzo Kaihori, director and senior vice president of the Industrial Automation Business, representative director and president effective April 1. President Isao Uchida was named chairman. Under a partnership agreement, […]
Intelligent Bio-Systems exclusively licensed DNA sequencing technology from Columbia University. Beckman Coulter appointed James V. Mazzo, president and CEO of Advanced Medical Optics, to its board. Under a collaboration agreement, BG Medicine will integrate Applied Biosystems technology into its proteomic and metabolomic systems pharmacology workflows. Kyodo International will represent lab-on-a-chip company Micronit Microfluidics BV in […]
Columbia, MD 4/16/07—Shimadzu has named Takeshi Kawami president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, the company’s North American subsidiary. He replaces Osamu Ando, who served as president for seven years. Mr. Kawami is a 24-year veteran of the company and previously served as vice president of a sales subsidiary.
Sequenom and QIAGEN GmbH entered into a strategic collaboration to jointly develop a preanalytical solution for small molecule (fetal) DNA enrichment for prenatal diagnostics. Sequenom will retain exclusive distribution rights to the technology for enriching short nucleic acids. In February, Sequenom named Steven Owings to the newly created position of vice president of Commercial Development, […]
KBC Private Equity acquired a 75% stake in bioinformatics company Applied Maths NV in 2006. SAS and Ingenuity Systems integrated their respective JMP Genomics and Pathways Analysis solutions. Ingenuity Systems partnered with Compendia Bioscience, a provider of cancer profiling data and analysis tools, to integrate their respective Oncomine Professional and Pathways Analysis solutions. Thermo Fisher […]
This year, IBO’s top 30 analytical and life science instrument companies shifted in rankings and five new companies were added to the list. The top 30 companies accounted for $20.9 billion in sales during 2006, or approximately 64% of the total $32.8 billion analytical and life science instrument market. Twelve of the 30 companies posted […]
Dr. Karen A. Holbrook, president of Ohio State University, joined Techne’s board in February. In February, BD Biosciences and Roche announced a collaboration to jointly identify and develop intracellular phosphorylation site antibodies. The companies will develop and validate the antibodies using BD Phosflow technology, and Roche will receive pre-launch access to the antibodies and a […]
In January, AMETEK formed the Ultra Precision Technologies Division to bring together its Taylor Hobson division with Solartron Metrology and Precitech in order to leverage combined manufacturing operations, technology capabilities and distribution. Symyx Technologies’ 2006 revenues grew 16% to $124.9 million (see page 12), including a 23% increase in Symyx Tools revenues to $37.8 million […]
Santa Clara, CA 4/6/07; La Jolla, CA 4/6/07—Agilent Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Stratagene for $10.94 per share of common stock, a 28% premium over Stratagene’s April 5 closing prices, or approximately $246.2 million in cash. Stratagene’s products include reagents and instruments for life science research and clinical diagnostics. “We see Stratagene’s […]
Tecan appointed Matthew Robin and Carl Severinghaus to its Group Executive Committee. Mr. Robin is responsible for the Liquid Handling and Robotics business unit. He was previously CEO of medical technology company Ypsomed. Mr. Severinghaus is worldwide manager of the newly created Direct Sales organization. He most recently managed Tecan US.
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