The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 31 foodborne diseases (11 diarrhoeal diseases, 7 invasive infectious disease agents, 10 helminths, 3 chemicals) caused by 31 agents resulted in 600 million illnesses, or 1 in 10 people, and 420,000 deaths in 2010. Infectious diseases that led to diarrhoeal diseases (1 virus, 7 bacteria, 3 protozoa) accounted […]
Strong Clinical Demand for Affymetrix Affymetrix third quarter sales slipped 0.6% to $86.5 million but grew 3.4% excluding currency due to strong clinical demand, increased licensing revenue and further adoption in pharmaceutical markets. Overall, Consumables sales grew 2.7%, roughly 7% excluding currency, to account for 88% of revenues. Instrument sales declined 1.0% but grew in […]
Sample storage and management (SSM) systems are sophisticated, automated biorepository devices that provide physical storage of biological materials, samples and specimens, as well as chemical compounds. They allow for retrieval while preserving sample integrity. The systems are available in compact units, which can fit on a lab bench, or larger-scale units, some of which can […]
Agilent Maintains Cautious Outlook Agilent Technologies’ fiscal fourth quarter revenues ending October 31 fell 0.8% to $1.04 billion, in line with expectations. Excluding currency and divestments, which reduced revenue growth by 6.4% and 0.6%, respectively, organic sales rose 6.2%. All sales figures are organic. Sales to analytical lab markets grew roughly 6% to account for […]
Company Announcements Xavo and BSSN Software announced in September a collaboration integrating their respective Seahorse Scientific Workbench and Xavo Lab Logistics to review analytical and biological screening results. In September, DNASTAR appointed Pure Health Medical Supplies as a distributor for the Middle East. BioDiscovery and lab services firm AKESOgen announced a comarketing partnership. In October, […]
Company Announcements Horizon Discovery in October signed an in-licensing and option agreement with Servier for novel kinase inhibitors. Horizon will use its platform to identify the populations of cancer patients most likely to respond to the in-licensed compounds. BIOKÉ signed an exclusive agreement to distribute Horizon Discovery’s HDx Reference Standards in the Netherlands. For the […]
Company Announcements WuXi NextCODE announced in October a long-term partnership with Sidra Medical and Research Center, the genomics and informatics hub for the Qatar Genome Project, to provide and codevelop research and bioinformatics programs. DNAnexus integrated its DNAnexus cloud genomics software with QIAGEN’s Ingenuity Variant Analysis platform. South Korea–based Celemics, a provider of target enrichment […]
With a slight uptick in inflation, improved manufacturing and strong employment reported in November, the US Federal Reserve has now targeted the beginning of December for a potential rate hike. In addition, US third quarter GDP growth was revised upwards 60 basis points to 2.1% due to increased inventory buildup. However, the stronger inventories may […]
China, the second largest drug market, has increased its commitment to its domestic pharmaceutical industry. This year, sales of the country’s 10 largest pharmaceutical companies grew an average of 12%, according to IMS Consulting. Multinational drug firms, including Novo Nordisk and GlaxoSmithKline, report increased competition. Domestic firms, such as Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals and Fosun […]
R&D spending by the top 25 Indian pharmaceutical companies rose 28.8% to INR 9,250 crore ($1.4 billion) for the year ending March 2015. Sales as a percentage of revenues rose from 6.6% to 7.0%. The top three R&D spenders were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, whose expenditures rose 87.0% to INR 1,856 crore; Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, whose […]
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