The second of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup primarily focuses on pharmaceutical and biological research. Despite the effects of the global economic downturn, a number of new pharmaceutical and consumer goods testing labs have been announced or completed in China with both government and private support. In the US, although a number of private pharmaceutical […]
Company Announcements Process Analysis and Automation and Matrical announced a strategic partnership. Tecan and innovates are jointly marketing their respective Freedom EVO cell culture workstations and Cellavista cell detection devices. Tecan expanded its collaboration with pION to include solutions for drug permeability and solubility screening. MDS Analytical Technologies’ SpectraMax L microplate luminometers received Dual-Luciferase Reporter […]
Company Announcements GE Healthcare and Tecan entered into a marketing collaboration for process development applications involving their respective PreDictor 96-well plates and Freedom EVO workstations. CyBio AG’s 2008 sales fell 13.4% to €16.6 million ($24.4 million) (see page 12). Adjusted for the divestment of CLS (see IBO 11/15/08) and CyBio France, sales rose 106.5%. The […]
Company Announcements BioTrove announced a research collaboration with Constellation Pharmaceuticals. Under a coexclusive distributor agreement, Cisbio Bioassays will offer BioTrove’s RapidFire MS screening service as a label-free detection method for assay development and drug screening. NextGen spun out its automation and software business in December 2008 to form eXeTek, which is led by two former […]
Two new websites were recently launched for the lab automation community. The Association for Laboratory Automation‘s LabAutopedia site at www.labautomation.org/labautopedia is a free source of reference information and articles in a “wiki” format, which allows contributions from users. ARTEL launched www.LHTalk.org, a noncommercial site, featuring forums and blogs focused on small-volume liquid handling.
As one of the first instrument shows to test the trade show environment in a new year and an increasingly uncertain economy, LabAutomation2009 showed that optimism about the instrument market remains intact. The annual conference and exhibit that showcases laboratory automation systems and associated products took place January 24–28 in Palm Springs, California. Attendance was […]
The laboratory automation market consists of five technology categories. Laboratory automation equipment increases laboratory efficiency, especially in areas where processes depend on repetition and precision. Demand for lab automation has been soft, resulting in modest growth over the last two years. Nonetheless, the lab automation market grew 5.5% in 2008 to $3.1 billion. Lab automation […]
Properly mixing solutions ensures uniformity of mixture components, temperature and pH throughout a sample container. Mixing also helps to dissolve solids in liquids and speeds up enzymatic reactions. As important as mixing might be in any assay, it is a step that is often overlooked or shortened by laboratories in the interest of time. While […]
Company Announcements Hudson Control Group named Dr. Alan H. Katz chief scientific officer. Previously, he led Wyeth Research’s computation chemistry and drug design group. PaR Systems, a provider of specialized material handling and automation equipment, was acquired in July by MML Capital and PaR Systems management. BioTrove opened an office in San Carlos, California, in […]
Company Announcements Protein Discovery closed a $10 million series C round of equity financing led by Santé Ventures. Digilab Genomic Solutions’ Hummingbird Plus parallel pipetting instrument for low-volume applications will be manufactured by CyBio AG using its Hummingbird dispensing heads and cassettes and CyBio’s CyBi-Well automation platform. BioTrove named custom lab automation provider Synchron Lab […]
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