Company Announcements Biomatrica launched Biomatrica Connect, a solution-centric partnership program with industry and academia for ambient room temperature storage and management of nucleic acids. Industry members include BioStorage Technologies, Matrical Biosciences and NEXUS Biosystems. BioTek Instruments named Dr. Dirk Frese as managing director, Europe, in July. He was previously director and global category manager for […]
The second of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup primarily focuses on chemical, consumer and government research. The table on page 3 highlights new labs in the energy, food and pharmaceutical industries. Many companies are expanding their facilities in Asia in the hopes of strengthening their presence and increasing sales. Merck opened its Material Research Center […]
Autoclaves are found in many industrial and scientific labs where the sterilization of materials is required to ensure products are free of microorganisms and bacteria. Autoclaves are used to sterilize liquids, reagents, cell culture media, lab equipment and glassware. They are also used to decontaminate laboratory waste prior to disposal. Autoclaves employ the rather simple […]
Company Announcements DeCODE Genetics sold Emerald BioStructures and Emerald BioSystems to Beryllium in November 2009 for an initial payment of $3 million and an earn-out payment. Emerald BioStructures founder Lance Steward, PhD, MBA, was named CEO of both companies. HighRes Biosolutions named Andy Zaayenga as director of Business Development. BioTek Instruments established a direct sales […]
Following a week of rumors and speculation, on February 28, German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant Merck KGaA announced the purchase of Millipore for approximately $7.2 billion (see IBO 2/28/10). The purchase was the largest acquisition of an instrument and laboratory products company since Invitrogen’s 2008 purchase of Applied Biosystems for $6.7 million (see IBO 11/15/08). […]
ArtusLabs is a phoenix of sorts. Rising from the ashes of Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) supplier Synthematix, ArtusLabs is focused on creating data analysis tools for its core informatics platform, the Ensemble for Life Sciences. The North Carolina company has 15 employees and has received $3.1 million in first round funding. Robin Smith, CEO of […]
Software as a Service (SaaS) is an on-demand software model, which allows users to subscribe to and access a variety of software applications via the Internet, instead of a physical on-site installation. In the case of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), users can configure the LIMS and access data through a web browser. The LIMS […]
The 14th annual LabAutomation conference and exhibit sponsored by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) was held January 25–17 in Palm Springs, California. The lively gathering attracted 4,113 attendees, a 3.0% decrease from 2009. The number of exhibitors also declined, with a 7.3% drop in exhibitors to 233. This year, MS seemed to be more […]
Laboratory automation equipment increases laboratory efficiency, especially in areas where processes depend on repetition and precision. It also increases productivity, throughput and lowers the cost per-sample analyzed. However, this segment of the instrument market was perhaps the most affected by the recession last year. Demand for the overall lab automation market declined 6.5% in 2009 […]
Company Announcements Genetix’s first-half revenues grew 13.7% to £14.1 million ($20.9 million). Operating profit rose 59.7% to £1.2 million ($1.8 million) (see IBO 8/31/09). Sales for the clinical instrument business grew 12% to £4.8 million ($7.1 million), cell biology sales rose 20% to £4.0 million ($5.9 million), genomics-based instrument sales increased 17% to £2.1 million […]
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