London, UK and Alexandria, MN 4/6/16—Life sciences and measurement firm LGC has acquired a majority stake in Douglas Scientific from Kingdom Enterprises. Douglas Scientific supplies high-throughput PCR and qPCR platforms, and Array Tape consumables. “Customers will benefit from the unique synergies between our two organizations, including: combined workflow solutions for extraction, genotyping and gene expression […]
Flawil, Switzerland 4/12/16—BÜCHI Labortechnik has acquired W. R. Grace & Co.’s REVELERIS Flash Chromatography Systems, GRACERESOLV flash chromatography cartridges and ALLTECH ELSD 3300 product lines. Financial details were not provided. “This opportunity is perfectly aligned with our strategy to invest in preparative chromatography and complete our portfolio of solutions for drug discovery and development,” commented […]
IBO’s first report of 2016 for new laboratories outlines the construction and opening of labs in various sectors, including government, academia and biotechnology. On page 4, a table detailing the establishment of selected labs can be found, including new labs in the pharmaceutical industry. Government Various countries in Asia have broken ground on or approved […]
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 […]
This month, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report regarding research infrastructure and instrumentation funding for fiscal 2017. The information in the report is liable to change, as the fiscal 2017 budget has yet to be determined; however, the report also includes budget allocations for R&D facilities construction and research instrumentation […]
While SEMs are the workhorse method for using electron optics to image samples, there are other alternatives as well that offer their own advantages. Among these are electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), which may also be referred to as “microprobe” for short. EPMA is a surface analysis technique that probes the sample surface with a beam […]
Company Announcements Teledyne Isco acquired in December 2015 the net assets of SofTA, a manufacturer of ELSDs for LC and flash chromatography. DKK-TOA opened an office in South Korea in December 2015. Repligen announced in February the extension of its long-term supply agreement with GE Healthcare through 2019 for the manufacture of Protein A ligands […]
Company Announcements In fall 2015, DANI Instruments appointed Labindia Instruments as its exclusive GC distributor for India. In December 2015, Alpha MOS named John Paul Ansel as president and CEO. Alpha MOS 2015 revenues grew 9.2% to €8.2 million ($9.1 million). Sales in Japan, the US, Europe and Other declined 7.3%, 6.0%, 7.8% and 29.6% […]
Company Announcements In February, Silicon Biosystems Menarini and Macrogen partnered to develop clinical assays combining their respective digital sorting technology and NGS capabilities. Sophia Genetics and Integrated DNA Technologies announced a strategic partnership, combining their respective DDM advanced analytical platform and xGene target enrichment panels to create NGS solutions for routine clinical diagnostics. Biomedical data […]
Company Announcements Panorama Synergy announced in November 2015 an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Western Australia for its MEMS-based optical spectroscopy sensor technology. Felix Instruments announced a joint marketing collaboration with Hanna Instruments for the US. Trinean announced in February that its DropSense96 spectrophotometer was integrated with Freeslate’s (now Unchained Labs’) CM3 automation […]
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