Lab productivity, workflow-based solutions and ease of use were major themes for instrument companies at Analytica 2016. Major instrument firms have positioned themselves to serve these needs by providing a broad range of analytical techniques; an integrated offering of hardware, software, consumables and services; and a focus on all aspects of application-based workflows. IBO spoke […]
Company Announcements In January, Biognosys announced a Series C funding round, which will be used in part to establish US business development and service operations, based in Boston. SCIEX and Singapore’s Bioprocessing Technology Institute announced a collaboration to advance biologics R&D, specifically the development of accurate and high-throughput methods for contaminant analysis. In February, SCIEX […]
Currency fluctuations and economic turbulence not only produced a shift among IBO’s 2015 list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument, aftermarket and lab product companies, but also yielded a calendar year sales decline when translated into US dollars. Total sales for the top 30 companies (see page 6) as reported in US […]
Each year, IBO compiles a list of new products on display or introduced at Pittcon. New products are generally defined as those that started shipping since winter 2015 or later. More new products will appear in the March 31 issue. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy SciAps announced new versions of its Z […]
Companies continue to sharpen their focus on integrated solutions and workflows to increase lab productivity and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. At this year’s Pittcon, IBO spoke with executives at MilliporeSigma, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Each company has recently reorganized executive responsibilities to reflect an emphasis on the integration of workflow […]
After a five-year absence from Atlanta, Georgia, Pittcon returned to the city this year from March 6 to March 10. Attendance figures as of the end of the day on March 9 showed that conferee attendance declined 14.9% to 6,890. Exhibitor attendance was down 12.6% to 5,064. With Europe’s largest analytical instrument show, Analytica, taking […]
The eighth annual Association for Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Laboratory conference (MSACL) was held in Palm Springs, California, from February 21 to February 25, its first year outside of San Diego, California. Selected presentations on Thursday evidenced both optimism about MS’s future in clinical diagnostics and the need for greater progress. The conference […]
Company Announcements First Detect, an Astrotech company, announced in November 2015 the passing of CEO Bob C. Kibler. Thomas B. Pickens III, chairman and CEO of Astrotech and chairman of 1st Detect, will serve as acting CEO. In November, Microsaic named Dr. Jim Ramage, a company director, as CEO, effective January 31. He previously served […]
Microsaic Systems announced in September that it has OEM agreements in place with four companies, a distribution agreement with one company and Heads of Terms agreements with two other companies, one being Quantum Analytics for the US. Proteome Sciences reported that TMT reagent sales increased 13% for the six months ending June 30. SCIEX announced […]
Company Announcements Biodesix announced in July that it will begin offering Biognosys’s HRM technology as part of its companion diagnostic–development capabilities to create novel protein assays for the oncology market. In August, Agilent Technologies announced a collaboration with Dr. Steven Gross of Weill Cornell Medical College’s Department of Pharmacology to advance ALS research. Agilent MS […]
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