Atomic Spectroscopy SciAps revealed its handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument, which is available in two models, the Z 500 and the Z 100. The system is comparable to handheld XRF for heavier elements, but LIBS can also detect lighter elements that are difficult or impossible for XRF to detect. The laser is an […]
The use of 3-D cell culture technologies has grown in popularity for cell research, particularly for applications in cancer research and therapy, cell interactions, high-throughput screening and tissue engineering. In contrast to 2-D cell cultures, which are typically performed in petri dishes, 3-D cell cultures generally employ a scaffold or extracellular matrix (ECM), where cells […]
Company Announcements Biocartis completed a €30 million ($40 million) Series E equity fundraising in November 2013. BioMérieux and Biocartis agreed in November 2013 to terminate their collaboration. BioMérieux remains a Biocartis shareholder. Agilent Technologies announced in November 2013 a collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine’s Medical Genetics Laboratories to provide customized comparative genomics hybridization (CGH) […]
For instrument and laboratory product companies, China has become the fastest growing market among major world economies. This is not surprising considering the country’s economic ascension and growing R&D spending. In 2013, analytical instrument sales (comprised of the product categories listed in the January 15 issue of IBO, including aftermarket products and service) to China […]
Company Announcements Swift Biosciences announced in October 2013 the completion of a $7 million Series B financing. In November 2013, RainDance Technologies named BIOKÉ a distributor for its RainDrop Digital PCR Systems in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. BioMérieux selected Life Technologies’ 7500 instrument range as the preferred thermocyclers for its new molecular biological […]
Company Announcements Takara Bio expanded its license agreement with iPS Academia Japan in September 2013, enabling it to offer iPS cell construction services and reprogramming vectors, and to sublicense to its customers the right to screen chemicals for drug discovery using cells differentiated from iPS cells derived from the licensed products. Novus Biologicals acquired Imgenex […]
As a regular feature of our annual forecast issue, IBO selects a firm from our industry as “company of the year.” In designating the company of the year, IBO recognizes an analytical and life science instrument maker that has accomplished technical, operational and financial achievements. Such achievements are a function of strong financial performance, market […]
IBO includes the following technologies in its laboratory equipment section: laboratory centrifuges, water purification equipment, transfection techniques, extraction techniques, gas generators, concentrators and evaporators, incubators, fume hoods, biological safety cabinets, microwave-assisted chemistry, fermentors and bioreactors, lab washers, and shakers and stirrers. The laboratory equipment market totaled more than $3.83 billion in 2013 for growth of […]
The life science instrumentation (LSI) market is the largest technology sector of the instrument market. It accounts for nearly a quarter of total analytical instruments demand and includes a broad spectrum of technologies grouped into 13 technology categories. In 2013, the LSI market increased 3.3% to $11.1 billion. Most LSI technologies are heavily reliant on […]
The separations market accounts for 17% of the total analytical and life sciences instrumentation industry and increased 1.5% to $7.6 billion in 2013. Demand was mainly driven by the aftermarket and service, while demand for initial systems increased about 1% for the year. Capital expenditures by industrial segments, such as pharmaceutical and chemical markets, were […]
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