Madison, WI 7/24/13; Madison, WI 7/30/13—Cellular Dynamics International, a developer and manufacturer of fully functioning human cells in industrial quantities to precise specifications, has completed its IPO (see IBO 6/15/13, 7/15/13). The company offered 3,846,000 shares of common stock at a price of $12 per share, raising approximately $43 million after deducting underwriting discounts and […]
Electrophoresis has been around for most of the last century, but only during the past decade has the technology expanded its throughput capabilities. Traditional systems had sample throughout capacities that ranged from as little as four to as many as 16 wells/combs. However, with the new breed of higher-throughput systems, these capabilities have increased to […]
Company Announcements Miltenyi Biotec opened its first office in the Nordic and Baltic region in January in the city of Lund, Sweden, replacing the company’s distributor. Miltenyi Biotec partnered with Tree Star in January to distribute and support FlowJo 10 flow cytometry software in Europe, including Turkey and Israel. Miltenyi Biotech opened an office in […]
Luminex’s xMAP suspension bead array systems have been widely adopted for research, drug discovery and IVD applications. The xMAP technology uses microscopic polystyrene beads as a carrier of a specific protein, antibody or nucleic acid. These beads are internally dyed using precise ratios of fluorophores, allowing researchers to detect specific reactions. Luminex offers three systems […]
Company Announcements In March, Roche signed an R&D agreement with BioLamina to jointly develop new cell culture systems for various applications, including stem cell research. The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration to further advance the Institute’s Organs-on-Chip technologies. Techne named Charles Kummeth CEO, effective April […]
Company Announcements Cepheid 2012 Non-Clinical sales grew 19.3% to $35.2 million, or 11% of total revenues, primarily due to greater shipments of anthrax test cartridges to Northrop Grumman/US Postal Service (USPS). The company agreed to sell the test cartridges and associated materials used in the Biohazard Detection System directly to USPS through the period ending […]
Company Announcements Accelrys’ 2012 revenues grew 12.6% to $162.5 million. Adjusted operating profit fell 47.2% to $2.0 million. License and subscription, maintenance on perpetual license, and professional services and other revenues grew 12.6%, 9.7% and 68.9% to make up 55%, 24% and 14% of sales, respectively. However, content revenue fell 25.6% due to the phaseout […]
The Cyto 2013 conference for flow cytometry took place this year in San Diego, California, from May 19–22. Put on by the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, the conference drew over 1,600 registrants, according to preliminary estimates, compared with 1,521 last year, when the conference was held in Leipzig, Germany. Seventy-two vendors participated in […]
Investors may find solace in the correlation between compensation awards and financial performance at the 37 firms in IBO’s Stock Indexes. In fiscal 2012 (FY12), total compensation packages declined for 28 of the 44 presidents, CEOs or heads of dedicated business units at these companies who have held their respective roles for more than one […]
Rapid DNA analysis is a new technology designed to identify DNA samples in 90 minutes or less. The traditional method of performing DNA analysis involves several different platforms: sample preparation by extraction; amplification by PCR; separation, oftentimes by capillary electrophoresis (CE); and DNA identification by UV absorbance or fluorescence. This process generally takes over 10 […]
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