Company Announcements Swiss-based Genohm opened its first US office in Durham, North Carolina, in March. Laboratory information system provider Sunquest Information Systems acquired GeneInsight in April. GeneInsight’s platform provides streamlined analysis, interpretation and reporting of complex genetic results to geneticists. GeneInsight Lab assists with variant annotation and filtration, knowledge management and interpretative report generation. GeneInsight […]

Santa Clara, CA and Boston, MA 6/27/16—Agilent Technologies has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of iLab Solutions for an undisclosed amount. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, with close to 70 employees, iLab provides lab management services to universities, research hospitals and independent institutes. iLab offerings consist of web-based core facility management services, such as […]

In the US, dietary supplements (DS) are not required to undergo the same stringent testing, standardization and regulation as pharmaceutical drugs, leaving opportunities for DS companies to make misleading claims, mislabel packages and use contaminated ingredients. Adulteration of DS has long been a concern of consumers and regulatory bodies due to the lack of required […]

Analytica 2016 featured a wide variety of new products. Below is a list of products officially launched at the show or in recent months. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy Agilent Technologies introduced the 5110 ICP-OES spectrometer. The 5110 features a dichroic spectral combiner that integrates light from both the axial and radial […]

Laboratories use a variety of software products to organize and manage their data, methods and workflows. LIMS are the most prominent and powerful platform of this type, allowing users to obtain, store and report lab data. ELNs provide users with a more error proof and convenient method of experimental record-keeping than physical notebooks. Finally, Scientific […]

Lab productivity, workflow-based solutions and ease of use were major themes for instrument companies at Analytica 2016. Major instrument firms have positioned themselves to serve these needs by providing a broad range of analytical techniques; an integrated offering of hardware, software, consumables and services; and a focus on all aspects of application-based workflows. IBO spoke […]

Company Announcements In February, Attivio announced an expanded relationship with PerkinElmer, making PerkinElmer the exclusive reseller of Attivio solutions in the life science market. In March, Labworks announced its formation. The company consists of PerkinElmer’s former Labworks LIMS business, which was acquired by employees. In February, Accelerated Technology Laboratories signed a reseller agreement with Soft […]

The 2016 American Association for Cancer Research conference (AACR) was held April 20–26 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Keynote speaker Vice President Joe Biden addressed nearly four thousand assembled on the final day and remarked, “There is more brain power in this room than exists in many countries. And we need you. You’re the very best […]