Company Announcements Trinean entered into a license agreement in February with PerkinElmer for certain microfluidic technologies in the field of UV-Vis quantification analysis. In February, CyVek secured a $5.5 million in financing in a Series D round. IntegenX named Scientific Analytical Tools Trading an exclusive distributor for the Middle East. Sphere Fluidics closed a $2.5 […]
Santa Barbara, CA and Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 4/23/13—Biomedical research product provider Miltenyi Biotec has acquired Owl biomedical for an undisclosed amount. Owl is the developer of a microchip-based, high speed cell sorter using a disposable cartridge. “We immediately recognized the intrinsic value of Owl’s microchip-based technology for cell processing and its complement to our existing […]
Hilden, Germany and Redwood City, CA 4/29/13—QIAGEN has acquired Ingenuity Systems for $105 million in cash, effective April 29. Ingenuity is a provider of software solutions for the analysis and interpretation of the biological meaning of genomics data, including Knowledge Base, an expert-curated database of genomic variations and disease models. Ingenuity had 2012 sales of […]
Company Announcements Microtissues signed a supply and distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich for its 3D Petri Dish. Sigma-Aldrich agreed in February to distribute Olink Bioscience’s Duolink In Situ products for research. In January, Evotec acquired Cell Culture Service for €1.2 million ($1.6 million) in cash. Link Technologies named Zirench Technology as a distributor for China and […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker’s N8 Horizon instrument was introduced in November 2012. The N8 has a brilliant microspot source with a 0.5 mm spot size, and a sample holder that can be configured for small-angle and grazing incidence XRD. The standard Vantec area detector can also be augmented by an optional linear detector to provide wide-angle […]
Company Announcements Aushon BioSystems named AH diagnostics an exclusive distributor for Scandinavia. In December 2012, Sequenom named William Welch, senior vice president of Diagnostics, as president and COO; Dirk van den Boom, senior vice president of R&D, as executive vice president, R&D, and chief technology officer; and Ronald Lindsay, executive vice president of R&D, as […]
Company Announcements In January, Elsevier acquired Aureus Sciences, which provides databases and software for drug discovery and development. Qlucore announced in January an agency agreement with Novo Newton Scientific for Ireland, Spain, Italy and South Africa. 5AM partnered with LABVANTAGE Solutions to provide consulting and implementation services to LABVANTAGE, with an initial focus on biobanking. […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker debuted the Aurora Elite inductively coupled plasma (ICP)–MS, a high-performance sibling to its existing Aurora M90. The improved ion optics and fast electronics increase the sensitivity of the system, and Bruker considers it the most sensitive single quadrupole ICP-MS on the market. The base price is $178,000, though a complete system with […]
Each year, IBO selects from the large number of new products exhibited at Pittcon three analytical instrument systems or laboratory products as the top new products of the show. New products are defined as products introduced within the past six months. The top new products are selected based on their innovation, claimed technical merits and […]
Company Announcements Stratedigm named LK BioScience a distributor for South Korea and Biomed Diagnostics a distributor for Singapore. Becton, Dickinson and Company disclosed that the fair value of consideration transferred for Sirigen (see IBO 8/31/12) was $52 million in cash and $12 million in contingent consideration. In December 2012, IntelliCyt formed a collaborative marketing alliance […]
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