While the overall MS market did not quite match the growth initially expected for 2008 (see IBO 1/5/08), it grew more than 8% in the past year. Despite the severe global recession, IBO expects the demand for MS to grow 7.7% in 2009, which will easily put the total market value over the $2.5 billion […]
Company Announcements Geneva Bioinformatics named GE Healthcare Life Sciences as its Latin American distributor. Abbott has made an additional $20 million investment in Ibis Biosciences (see IBO 2/15/08), bringing its equity holding to 18.6%. Thermo Fisher Scientific integrated its MS instrumentation with Genedata’s Genedata Expressionist software for metabolomics applications. The Thermo Fisher Scientific Biomarker Research […]
The addition of the chemical melamine to Chinese dairy products has caused more than 10 infant deaths worldwide and over 50,000 children in China to be hospitalized. Melamine in itself is not harmful, but when levels are high enough, it can cause crystals to form in the liver, leading to renal failure. This scandal comes […]
From its beginnings as a manufacturer of modular laser devices, to its branching out into custom molecular spectroscopy products, to providing Original Equipment Design (OED) and OEM products, B&W Tek has been evolving from the outset. The company manufactures UV-Vis, NIR and Raman systems for laboratory and process applications. Sean Wang, PhD, B&W Tek’s CEO, […]
The adoption of MALDI-TOF MS for imaging applications is a major recent development in the MALDI market. Such applications are leading to the rise in demand for sample preparation and data analysis software that are specific to MALDI imaging. Applications lie squarely in the life sciences area, primarily in histopathology. The market for MALDI imaging […]
New Orleans, Louisiana, played host to the 59th annual Pittsburgh conference and exhibition (Pittcon), which was held March 1–7 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Although Pittcon took place against a backdrop of escalating fears of a US recession, one would have never known it. Companies were upbeat about future business prospects and the […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Applitek, a Belgian firm, debuted the eXaminer a portable/handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument, which should begin shipping in August or September at a “competitive” price. In November 2007, Brooks Rand began shipment of the Merx methyl mercury system, which uses GC and its AFS mercury analyzer to make a direct measurement of methyl […]
Triple quadrupole gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is a relatively small segment of the GC/MS market that has flown under the radar for several years, but now may become a more significant MS market segment. New entrants and recent instrument introductions indicate that there is a significant need for MS/MS capabilities in quadrupole-based GC/MS systems […]
Invitrogen and HUPO (the Human Proteome Organization) launched the HUPO Gold Mass Spectrometry Protein Standard sampling program for development of what Invitrogen calls “the first commercially available all-recombinant human protein standard for mass spectrometry.” Applied Biosystems introduced the Cliquid Drug Screen and Quant Software for Routine Forensic Toxicology, a new software application for its LC/MS/MS […]
Biomotif AB entered into an agreement to distribute Analytica of Branford’s MS systems. Caprotec Bioanalytics GmbH, a developer of Capture Compound MS technology for targeted isolation of protein or protein classes, received €6 million ($8.8 million) in January in two rounds of financing. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the integration of Matrix Science’s Mascot search engine […]
Pay Invoice
Latest Blogs
-
New Report Details Higher Education Science R&D Spending
February 27, 2026 3:23 pm
-
Single Use Leads Bioreactor Market Growth
December 30, 2025 6:04 pm
Sitemap
Your Data and Privacy
About Us
IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) is a twice-monthly newsletter aimed at providing decision-makers with the latest and most complete information available on the life science and analytical instrument industry, and lab product markets. IBO delivers the latest curated industry news, information and trends, as well as SDi data and analysis to deliver the maximum in industry insight with a minimum time investment for executives and investors.
