The IBO Design Awards for Laboratory Equipment acknowledge distinctive, effective industrial designs of laboratory equipment, which is defined as a product that receives an electrical current, will last for at least 12 months and does not measure a sample characteristic. The industrial designs of this year’s three winners show a trend toward attractive products with […]
When it reconvenes in September, the US Congress plans to draft and approve a continuing resolution (CR) to maintain federal agencies’ budgets through the first half of fiscal 2013. Also, Congress will choose whether to alter current budgets. Adjustments cannot be made once the CR is in place. The CR could lessen the NSF’s chance […]
In 2011, there were 34 partnerships between companion diagnostics makers and drug firms, up 36% from 2010. In the first quarter of 2012, 10 such partnerships were established. In July, QIAGEN’s companion diagnostic for Bristol-Myers Squibb and Eli Lilly’s colorectal cancer treatment Erbitux received FDA approval. Iressa, AstraZeneca’s drug for lung cancer introduced in 2002, […]
According to the Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, the estimated 2009 budget for publicly funded crime labs in the US grew 5.7% to $1.6 billion from the previous census in 2005. The Urban Institute collected the data in 2010 and 2011 and received responses from 97% of the 411 publicly funded US crime […]
Good industrial design catches one’s eye, but good industrial design is not without purpose. The winners of IBO’s 2012 Design Awards for analytical instrumentation highlight the successful interplay of form and function, creating a distinct appearance that serves to increase the instrument’s usability and communicate a product message that resonates with end-users. In each case, […]
Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California, hosted the Semicon West semiconductor and electronics tradeshow from July 10 to 12. As it has in the past few years, the conference was held in conjunction with the Intersolar solar energy show, held at Moscone West over the same days. Preliminary totals from the organizing body, the […]
Half of the 450 dietary-supplement firms the FDA has inspected since 2008 have failed to adhere to 2007 regulations regarding supplement production, packing and storage. A quarter of the 1,400 firms in the $28 billion dietary-supplement industry were sent warning letters. In 2012, two-thirds of the 200 firms the FDA has inspected have violated regulations. […]
As part of an Annex to the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee’s June report, Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing, the results of a series of surveys of industry and university personnel about manufacturing are presented. When asked which industries were essential for US manufacturing to stay competitive, 75% of industry respondents cited advanced […]
In a report released this month, IMS predicts global drug spending to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3%–6% through 2016 to reach $1.2 trillion. CAGRs of the US and developing countries will be 1%–4% and 12%–15%, respectively. Spending on brand name drugs, mostly by developed markets, will account for 53% of spending […]
Held July 15–19 in Los Angeles, California, the annual American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) conference hosted tens of thousands of attendees. The conference presentations and exhibits encompassed both traditional clinical chemistry technologies, such as clinical analyzers, as well as molecular diagnostics techniques, including DNA sequencing and PCR. The conference was held at an interesting […]
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