In 2013, R&D spending in US dollars for 21 major publicly held analytical instrument and lab product firms (see table, page 6) rose 4.5%, the slowest pace in IBO’s annual survey of R&D expenditures since 2009 (the companies included are changed annually). The primary reason for slower R&D growth was the lack of significant acquisitions. […]
Major US equity indexes advanced in June despite weak economic data and mounting geopolitical tension in the Middle East and Ukraine. Within the US, retail sales missed expectations, job growth remained lackluster and first quarter GDP contraction was revised from 1.0% to 2.9%, as a result of extreme weather conditions. In addition, the International Monetary […]
New York, NY 6/23/14—Enzo Biochem’s Enzo Life Sciences subsidiary has entered into a settlement agreement with PerkinElmer Health Sciences in a case before the US District Court, Southern District of New York. Under the agreement, PerkinElmer agreed to pay Enzo $7 million in escrow.
Pleasanton, CA 6/26/14—Roche has made a strategic investment in Stratos Genomics and will collaborate with the company on research related to Stratos’s chemistry for single-molecule sequencing of DNA fragments using protein nanopores. The companies will work to develop efficient, low-cost sample preparation methods for DNA Xpandomers, a larger surrogate molecule, and to improve sequencing performance. […]
Washington, DC 6/24/14—VWR, an independent provider of laboratory products, services and solutions, has filed for a public offering of its stock on a US stock exchange (see IBO 5/31/14). Proceeds from the offering will be used to pay down company debt, which totaled $2.8 billion as of March 31. In 2013, revenues grew 1.4% to […]
Company Announcements Andor Technology, an Oxford Instruments company, appointed Gary Wilmot, director of Engineering, as managing director in March. He replaces Conor Walsh. Hitachi High-Technologies announced in April the establishment of a Mexican subsidiary to accelerate business development in the automotive and industrial markets. In April, EMD Millipore announced a new, nonexclusive preferred-distribution agreement for […]
First quarter Life Science Index sales grew 5.0%, 7.1% on a currency-neutral basis, to $3,387 million. Index sales were driven by double-digit organic revenue growth each for Illumina, Fluidigm, BD Biosciences and Biotage. Operating profit climbed 11.0% to $719 million. Based on current operations, operating margin expanded 90 basis points to 19.4% of sales. Of […]
Basel, Germany 6/2/14—Roche has acquired Genia Technologies, a developer of single-molecule DNA-sequencing technology, for $125 million in cash and up to $225 million in contingent payments. Genia’s platform employs semiconductor-based nanopore technology and is expected to reduce the price of sequencing. The platform allows for electrical real-time analysis without the need for complicated optics, labels, […]
With the exception of several younger companies, the majority of analytical instrument and lab product companies in the table on page 4 recorded modest sales-per-employee growth in fiscal year 2013 (FY13). The average sales-per-employee ratio for the 18 companies grew 3.6% excluding currency to $319,284 in FY13. However, due to increased investments, acquisitions or slow […]
Despite a downward revision to the first quarter US GDP to negative 1.0% and further mixed economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 gained 0.8% and 2.1% in May, respectively, to close at record highs. The NASDAQ rebounded 3.1% following losses in the previous two months. For the first quarter, the Dow, […]
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