This year, Pittcon was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from March 7 to March 12. Unfortunately, the location did not appear to help attendance. According to the preliminary figures available as of March 9, total attendance was down 15.8% from last year, when the location was Chicago, Illinois (see IBO 3/31/14), to 13,683. The number […]
Hong Kong 12/15/14; Hong Kong 12/29/14; Hong Kong 1/19/15—Shanghai-based BBI Life Sciences, a provider of life science–research products and services, has completed a public offering of its common stock on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company offered 91,815,000 shares at a price of HKD 1.75 per share ($0.23 = HKD 7.76 = $1) on […]
Company Announcements NanoString Technologies signed a multiyear, multi-investigator research collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to accelerate the translation of genomic biomarker discoveries into clinical cancer diagnostics. NanoString retains the right to license diagnostic content developed within the scope of the collaboration. Affymetrix exclusively licensed technology from Peptide Groove that enables HLA typing of human […]
Comprising about 7% of the analytical- and life science–instrumentation market, the lab-automation segment covers five categories: liquid handling, microplate readers, management informatics, multiplex and high-throughput (HT) ELISA, and robotics. A medium-sized market, lab-automation techniques increase lab productivity by managing workflow, and increasing the speed, efficiency and accuracy of lab work. The overall lab-automation market grew […]
The life science (LS) market consists of 14 distinct technology categories and is the largest of all analytical-instrument markets, including aftermarket and service revenues. In this year’s forecast issue, the LS category also includes capillary electrophoresis, which was previously counted as part of the separations market. In 2014, the LS market increased 5.9% to $11.8 […]
BioInformatics LLC has announced the 2014 Life Science Industry Awards. BioInformatics is a research and advisory firm for the life science industry. BioInformatics acquired SDi in September. The Life Science Industry Awards were nominated and voted on by nearly 6,000 scientists through electronic surveys conducted in September and October. The Awards covered more than 25 […]
Company Announcements In September, Qlucore named Commmugene as a distributor for South Korea. Vista Equity Partners agreed in September to acquire TIBCO Software for $24 per share, or $4.3 billion including the assumption of net debt. The acquisition was completed this month. TIBCO provides Spotfire software, which is exclusively licensed to PerkinElmer (see IBO 12/15/13) […]
Company Announcements In October, Horizon Discovery entered into a coexclusive distribution agreement with Haplogen Genomics, gaining access to cell lines to distribute a new high-throughput, affordable cell line–engineering service. New England BioLabs signed a supply agreement with TriLink BioTechnologies, for which it will manufacture and supply enzymes for in vitro transcription, capping and poly(A) tailing […]
Company Announcements Sphere Fluidics secured in June $2.3 million in the first close of a new investment fund to develop its Cyto-Mine single-cell analysis system. BioFluidix and cytena partnered to develop single-cell printing technology. In August, News-Gazette.com reported that Sony Biotechnology will close the 22-person iCyt Mission Technology site in Champaign, Illinois, and move the […]
Company Announcements Abcam established direct service in Australia and New Zealand in August. In September, Abcam announced that Peter Keen will not seek reelection to its Board. Abcam entered into an exclusive license, supply and distribution agreement with Australia’s Children’s Cancer Institute for multidrug-resistance protein 4 inhibitors, Ceefourin 1 and Ceefourin 2. Nirmidas Biotech raised […]
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