Company Announcements In May, Dotmatics named LABINDIA as a distributor. Bluebee raised $1.9 million to commercialize its cloud-based distributed computing system for genomics. Cypher Genomics announced a collaboration with Celgene to discover novel genomic biomarkers. Dassault Systèmes is coleading the second phase of the French government’s Industry of the Future project to digitally transform industry. […]
With the first half of the year behind us, let us reflect on the state of the analytical and life science instrumentation and lab products market, how it has developed thus far and what is in store for the rest of 2015. The original January forecast (see IBO 1/15/15) was published without the benefit of […]
Company Announcements Genedata announced a collaboration with Bayer Pharma to develop a workflow management system to support the automation of the cell line–development process for mammalian cells used to produce biopharmaceuticals. In April, ChemAxon appointed Ferenc Csizmadia as CEO. He is the company’s founder and was previously chairman and head of R&D. ChemAxon has 120 […]
IBO has moved up its quarterly financial review of major publicly held instrument and lab product businesses to the mid-month issues in order to provide more time-sensitive reporting. In addition, IBO has reorganized its Sales Indexes to one primary Laboratory Instruments and Products Sale Index, which will be presented in the May 31 issue. These […]
Santa Clara, CA and Boston, MA 5/4/15—Agilent Technologies has agreed to acquire Cartagenia, a provider of software and services for clinical genetics and molecular pathology labs. Financial terms were not disclosed.”Together, Agilent and Cartagenia can help remove bottlenecks inherent in analysis, interpretation and reporting clinical data, resulting in faster answers for patients,” stated Jacob Thaysen, […]
Company Announcements Dassault Systèms announced that 2014 revenue for its BIOVIA brand (formerly Accelrys) increased around 5% excluding currency effects. New license revenue rose more than 20% excluding currency effects. GenoLogics opened a new office in Redwood City, California, in February. Dotmatics joined the Pistoia Alliance. In March, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount […]
Aliso Viejo, CA 4/1/15—Ambry Genetics, a clinical genetics testing lab, has acquired Progeny Software, a provider of genotype management and analysis software, and LIMS systems, for an undisclosed amount. “We were starting to build tools like this internally, but then I met Michael Brammer and within 24 hours we had an agreement. I realized how […]
Atomic Spectroscopy HORIBA updated its XRF-based sulfur-in-oil analyzer with the SLFA-6800, available in a single-sample arrangement or with an eight-position carousel. One improvement is the removal of lead from the circuit board. The system will begin shipping in May priced at about $38,000. JEOL’s benchtop JSX-1000S ElementEye for ED-XRF measurements was introduced late last year. […]
Atomic Spectroscopy PerkinElmer added to its PinAAcle series of atomic-absorption spectrometers. The 500 is a corrosion-resistant, flame-only system designed primarily for environmental applications that require robust performance, such as the mining and petrochemical industries. The system will begin shipping in June at a price in the low $20,000 range. Bruker introduced the S2 Puma as […]
Company Announcements Simulations Plus named John K. Paglia, PhD, associate dean at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, to its Board in November 2014, replacing Harold Wayne Rosenberger. Under a collaborative agreement, synthetic-biology software firm Genome Compiler integrated DNA2.0’s gene-synthesis services into its design platform. According to a November 2014 report […]
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