Quality Systems International opened a French office in Cergy Pontoise. Integromics established a US office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Metamatics changed its name to Torrey Path. Compendia Bioscience named cofounder Dan Rhodes, PhD, CEO in October 2007. Thermo Fisher Scientific launched the CARES (Customer Allegiance through Responsive, Excellent Service) Initiative, an internal process improvement initiative for […]

The separations market far outperformed original estimates made at the beginning of last year. In fact, 2007 growth for the separations market was nearly two percentage points higher than the original forecast estimates. In 2007, the separations market accounted for $5.9 billion in sales and grew 7.1% over 2006, the fastest year over year growth […]

The life science instrumentation market grew 8.7% to $9.2 billion in 2007. The market consists of DNA and peptide sequencers, DNA and peptide synthesizers, nucleic acid amplification or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) systems, gel electrophoresis equipment, molecular biology purification kits, microarray-based products, biosensors, bioinformatics and cheminformatics, cell analysis technologies and in vivo animal imaging. The […]

Carlsbad, CA 1/10/08—Invitrogen has definitively agreed to acquire CellzDirect, a provider of hepatocyte-based primary cell products and services, for $57 million in cash. Hepatocyte-based primary cells are used in predicting the effect of a drug on enzymatic metabolism in the liver. “CellzDirect’s high-value products and services will greatly complement Invitrogen’s market-leading portfolio of complete cell […]

Santa Clara CA 12/18/07—Affymetrix has agreed to acquire USB, a manufacturer of molecular biology and biochemical reagents, for approximately $75 million in cash. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, USB offers three major product lines: molecular biology enzymes and kits, biochemical reagents and products for membrane protein research. “The integration of USB’s biochemical reagents with Affymetrix’s current […]

In October, Applied Biosystems officially launched the SOLiD System DNA sequencing platform, capable of producing four billion bases of sequence data per run. PerkinElmer released the Geliance 1000 Imaging System for 2D gels. Shimadzu Japan introduced the MCE-202 MultiNA microchip electrophoresis system, featuring a reusable microchip. The company aims to sell a minimum of 400 […]

QIAGEN NV released the QuantiFast Probe RT-PCR Kit, featuring QuantiFast RT Mix for cDNA synthesis in 10 minutes. Analytik Jena AG introduced the compact SatelliteSC and high-end AlphaSC thermocyclers. Applied Biosystems introduced the TaqMan Array Human MicroRNA Panel, configured in an array format. Applied Biosystems launched the Fast SYVR Green Master Mix for real-time PCR. […]

OpGen raised $23.6 million in equity financing in September in a round led by CHL Medical Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Versant Ventures. In-Q-Tel, a Central Intelligence Agency–launched investment firm, made a strategic investment in OpGen. Base4 innovation and Harvard Medical School’s George Church have joined VisiGen Biotechnologies, 454 Life Sciences, the Foundation for Applied […]

Takata Bio granted Kemp Biotechnologies a worldwide license to make, use and sell LA-PCR–related products, bringing its number of LA-PCR licensees to 20. This year, Applied Biosystems began to manufacture its own enzymes for use in its TaqMan gene expression and genotyping master mixes. Applied Biosystems and Integromics SL will comarket an integrated real-time PCR […]