Precision System Science licensed Hitachi’s bead array technology for commercializing new capillary bead tips. Digilab BioVisioN GmbH licensed GenWay Biotech’s Seppro IgY technology for proteomic sample preparation and will become the Official European Seppro Center. In July, Sigma-Aldrich promoted Gerrit van den Dool to the newly created position of vice president of Sales and Dr. […]
Fluid Imaging Technologies introduced the new FlowCAM particle analysis instrument, featuring 23 measurement parameters. PAC introduced the OptiDist distillation analyzer. Instron released the Dynatup 9250 impact tester, which is especially suited for finished-product applications. Instron’s Wilson Instruments launched the Minuteman ELT Automation Series for Tukon microindentation, Knoop, Vickers and Rockwell hardness testing. ATS RheoSystems released […]
By the time Bio-Rad Laboratories acquired Ciphergen Biosystems’ ProteinChip systems business for $20 million (see IBO 8/15/06) in November last year, the product line had a rocky commercial history. Sales of the ProteinChip system, which was launched in 1999, and related products peaked in 2003. The ProteinChip system uses chip-based chromatography to separate and enrich […]
San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center again hosted the 2007 Semicon West exposition, which ran July 16–20. Last year, IBO noted a certain levity among the booths and exhibits (see IBO 7/15/06), as spirits were doubtless buoyed by the surge of business in 2006. Indeed, sales of semiconductor equipment in 2006 surpassed even the generous growth […]
In the June 30 issue, IBO examined the acquisition of molecular diagnostic providers by companies traditionally associated with research instrumentation and products. QIAGEN NV is one such company. QIAGEN currently offers 34 CE-marked IVD assays, six CE-marked IVD sample preparation products, nine China State Food and Drug Administration– approved IVD assays and one FDA 510K-approved […]
Recent acquisitions have highlighted the evolving relationship of instrument companies and the molecular diagnostics market. Last month, QIAGEN acquired Digene, the largest provider of human papillomavirus (HPV) diagnostics tests, for $1.6 billion (see IBO 6/15/07). Earlier this year, Agilent acquired Stratagene for $246.2 million (see IBO 4/15/07). These developments follow acquisitions last year by Luminex […]
The 55th American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics took place at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana from June 3 to 7. Just a week earlier, Indianapolis was the sight of the famous Indianapolis 500 race, but for MS enthusiasts, this was the week to be in […]
Integrating organizational structures has been the focus of Horiba and Shimadzu, two of the largest analytical instrument companies. Based in Japan, both companies have sought in recent years to improve profitability through consolidating operations, new manufacturing facilities and strengthening their US businesses. As the results for each company’s most recent fiscal years show, these efforts […]
Many people worldwide depend on drugs that have gone off-patent. According to analyses by the FDA, prices of generic drugs can be as low as 20% of the cost of a brand-name drug, and these significant price drops often occur when two or three generic versions of a drug come onto the market. In 2004, […]
Although the range of new product introductions at this year’s ASMS meeting did not match the scale or scope of last year, there were still a number of significantly new mass spectrometers and related products that will no doubt have a major impact on the mass spectrometry market. The most common theme among these new […]
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