Broad-based Companies

Company Announcements

In August, Becton, Dickinson (BD) named Simon Campion as executive vice president of BD and president, BD Interventional segment, effective Sept. 4. He had been serving as worldwide president of BD’s Surgery business.

Becton, Dickinson Biosciences’ fiscal third quarter revenue grew 9.7% to $314 million, up 6.8% on a currency-neutral basis. Biosciences sales were led by the research reagents and advanced bioprocessing businesses, as well as sales growth of newer instruments. On its quarterly conference call, the company announced a write down for the discontinuation of the BD CLiC system.

In August, QIAGEN signed a master collaboration agreement with Japanese clinical testing lab company SRL. The agreement will enable rapid implementation by SRL of QIAGEN’s companion diagnostic workflows upon approval of the drugs and tests by Japan’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency. Initial projects involve QIAGEN companion diagnostics paired with new drugs under development in Japan for solid tumors and leukemia.

In the second quarter, Teledyne Technologies’ Environmental Instrumentation revenue rose 10.9% to $85.7 million, including $5.3 million in Scientific Systems sales (see IBO 7/15/17). On its quarterly conference call, the company stated that its expects Environmental Instrumentation sales to grow 4%–4.5% organically for the year.

In August, Merck KgaA announced the retirement of Walter Galinat as a general partner of E. Merck KG and Executive Board member, effective September 30. As a member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, he is currently responsible for the Darmstadt site (global company headquarters), Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality (EQ), Procurement and In-house Consulting.

PerkinElmer disclosed in a quarterly financial filing that it acquired Shanghai Spectrum International (see IBO 5/31/18) for $15.4 million in cash.

Sales and Orders of Note

In June, Ireland’s Queen’s University Belfast announced the opening of a laboratory at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering equipped with 18 instruments from Agilent Technologies, including MS systems, LCs and GCs, and molecular spectroscopy systems.

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