Milwaukee, WI 1/3/14—ChemWare, a provider of information management systems to lab markets, has been acquired by Dohmen, an outsourced services company for health care. In addition to ChemWare, Dohmen also announced the acquisitions of Red Arrow Labs and Clinical Path Consulting. “Our life science and healthcare clients are increasingly interested in using technology to connect […]
Chalfont St. Giles, England 1/6/13; Waltham, MA 1/6/13—GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences division has agreed to acquire Thermo Fisher Scientific’s cell culture media and sera, and gene modulation and magnetic bead businesses for $1.06 billion. The businesses’ estimated combined 2013 revenues were $250 million. The sale of the businesses was required by the EU for approval […]
Company Announcements In September, Attana resumed direct sales operations in Europe and North America. TriFoil Imaging acquired Bioscan in September. Menarini Group acquired Silicon Biosystems. In September, Biosearch Technologies acquired a majority stake in LightSpeed Genomics, a provider of optical detection solutions based on Synthetic Aperture Optics technology. Biosearch and LightSpeed codeveloped Biosearch’s StellarVision gene […]
Company Announcements In September, Sandia Biotech entered into a coexclusive distribution and marketing agreement with Sigma-Aldrich for its Split Fluorescent Protein product line. Porvair exclusively licensed technology to Thermo Fisher Scientific for a range of life science sample preparation filters, which it will also manufacture. Life Technologies agreed to distribute to the research market Advanced […]
Third quarter revenues for IBO’s Lab Equipment/Consumables Sales Index grew 1.4%, 2.8% excluding currency, to $4,060 million. Operating profits for the Index rose 3.9% to $699 million. Based on continuing operations, operating margin expanded 40 basis points to 18.2% of sales. Kewaunee Scientific’s fiscal second quarter 2014 sales ending October 31 contracted 16.3% to $26.1 […]
Company Announcements Accelrys elected Heidi Melin, chief marketing officer at Plex Systems, to its Board in July. ChemAxon agreed to distribute Patcore’s CRAIS products globally excluding Japan. Certara partnered in September with the Critical Path Institute to develop a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of the human lung built in conjunction with its Simcyp Population–based Simulator. […]
Almost always, an analytical technology can meet the needs of different end-user markets. However, the successful transition of a technology from one market, in which it may be well established, to an entirely new and different market is often a precise and dedicated process. In this article, IBO examines three research technologies that have made […]
Bonaduz, Switzerland 12/9/13—Hamilton has announced the acquisition of the Biotech sensors business of Fogale Nanotech for an undisclosed amount. The Biotech business provides biomass sensors that use the dielectric properties of living cells. The sensors are used for online monitoring for bioprocess optimization and control. “Fogale’s biomass sensors are the ideal addition to our product […]
San Diego, CA 12/9/13—Accelrys, a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management (SILM) solutions, has acquired QUMAS for $50 million in cash. QUMAS is a supplier of compliance software supporting regulatory and quality operations in life sciences and other highly regulated industries. QUMAS offers an electronic document management application with related R&D submission and quality analysis […]
Company Announcements In July, Fluidigm and Olink Bioscience announced they will comarket their respective BioMark HD System and Proseek Multiplex technology to enable the interrogation of 96 samples across 92 proteins in a single run from 1 µL of sample in less than a day. Source BioScience acquired publicly held Vindon Healthcare, a manufacturer of […]
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