Company Announcements Accelrys appointed Michael A. Piraino, previously co-founder and CFO of MD Technology Partners, as senior vice president and CFO, and Paul J. Burrin, previously with Google, as chief marketing officer. GeneGo is now selling Omicsoft’s Array Studio and Array Server globally, except Japan. CLC bio recorded an over 130% increase in 2009 sales. […]
Company Announcements In February, Roche NimbleGen named CapitalBio a Certified Service Provider (CSP) for gene expression, Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH)/copy number variation and DNA methylation. Roche NimbleGen named imaGenes GmbH a CSP for DNA methylation analysis. Oxford Gene Technology was named Agilent’s first High-Throughput CSP for Agilent microarrays. Kreatech Diagnostics will exclusively distribute Oxford Gene […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker AXS launched the D8 DISCOVER X-ray diffractometer. The D8 DISCOVER further increases ease of use with real-time component detection, plug-and-play functionality and fully integrated two-dimensional X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) capabilities. These capabilities allow the user to switch between all materials research XRD applications, including reflectometry, high-resolution diffraction, grazing incidence diffraction and small angle […]
Company Announcements ATCC announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Biological Industries for Israel. Affomix is providing the City of Hope with recombinant antibodies that are designed to be readily tagged with oligonucleotide “zipcodes,” making them compatible with next-generation sequencers. City of Hope will generate proteomic profile characteristics of a number of cancers. In January, VisEn […]
Company Announcements Fluxion Biosciences added DI Biotech as a Korean distributor for the BioFlux, and Novel Science as a distributor for Japan for the BioFlux and IonFlux. Beckman Coulter entered into a five-year agreement in December 2009 to distribute CompuCyte’s laser-scanning cytometers. The agreement is exclusive outside of North America. Cyntellect named four new exclusive […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker introduced the Q2 ION at its Pittcon press conference. The Q2 ION is a compact benchtop arc-spark spectrometer. It is a cost-effective complement to handheld XRF for metals analysis at smaller foundries and recycling centers. The system is now available at a price of roughly $35,000. Following the success of its Terra […]
Fourth-quarter 2009 IBO Life Science Index sales rose 10.7% to $2,747.35 million, including 5% growth from currency transactions. Operating profit soared 20.3% to $550.05 million. Operating margins climbed 160 basis points to 20.0% of revenues. For the year, Index sales grew 2.1% to $9,683.69 million, including a 2% decline from currency. Operating profit grew 10.3% […]
Company Announcements ThalesNano named three new distributors: PyNN for China, M.A.D. Technology for South Africa, and Superlab Instrumentacao Analitica for Brazil. Activotec will exclusively sell in Europe Creosalus‘s peptide synthesizers, including the Tetras, and chemical product range. Creosalus will exclusively sell Activotec’s synthesizers in the US and Canada. Syrris established a Brazilian subsidiary in São […]
New York, NY and Tokyo, Japan 2/9/10—Sony Corporation of America has acquired iCyt Mission Technology, a provider of cell sorters, for an undisclosed amount. “We are confident that this acquisition will accelerate the development of Sony’s flow cytometry business by combining Sony’s expertise in the manufacturing of electronics products for consumers and professionals with the […]
Company Announcements Sigma-Aldrich now exclusively distributes Stemgent’s portfolio of lentivirus-based delivery systems for the generation of induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells. Cisbio Biosassays established sales operations in China and South Korea in November 2009. Representatives of febit, GENEART, Ginkgo BioWorks, Biosearch Technologies and Sutro Biopharma are among the founding members of the Synthetic Biology Industry […]
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