Funding for science in Brazil is suffering due to the country’s economy and debt. The projected 2015 budgets of the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Education, which funds graduate students, have been cut 25% from BRL 7.3 billion ($2 billion) and 9% from BRL 48.8 billion, respectively. The cuts are a result of […]
This month, the US FDA released its final Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Human Food rule. Facilities subject to the rule must identify biological, chemical and physical hazards to food and institute preventive measures, such as sanitation controls and recall plans. The oversight of the controls consists of monitoring, corrections and verification, […]
Over the last several years, after the fall of iron ore and coal prices, mining companies have reduced spending on projects and exploration. Some major firms have cut capital spending by more than half. Now some investors are pushing companies to seek growth opportunities, believing that the current strategy leads to missed opportunities. One type […]
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) last month released its policy statement on genetic and genomic testing for cancer susceptibility, updated in light of advances in NGS. The statement made recommendations in several areas. For example, ASCO encouraged providers to create and institute plans to determine and respond to patients’ preferences for receiving information […]
Clinical and Agbio Markets Boost Affymetrix Q2 Sales Affymetrix second quarter sales grew 4.1%, 7.9% excluding currency, to $89.0 million. Organic growth was driven by agbio and clinical sales, which climbed 24% and roughly 20%, respectively. Overall, consumables and instrument sales grew 4.8% and 16.8%, to account for 86% and 4% of revenues, respectively. Service […]
Newark, DE 8/27/15—Analtech/iChromatography has been acquired by General Manager Steven C. Miles from the estates of Matt Lamkin and Kenneth Rainin, the company’s owners. Analtech manufactures TLC plates, and supplies HPLC columns, SPE columns and semiautomated sample application equipment. Discussing changes to the company’s product lines, Mr. Miles, who has been general manager since 2006, […]
Providence, RI 9/13/15; Providence, RI 9/15/15—Golocalprov.com reported on September 13 that Nabsys, a developer of DNA sequencing technology based on semiconductor technology, had closed. The website reported that, according to witnesses, the firm’s offices had been closed for over a week. The Providence Journal reported on September 15 that stockholder and former employee John Thompson, […]
Begbroke, UK 9/3/15; Nottingham, UK 9/3/15; Oxford, UK 9/10/15—Genetics research solutions firm Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) has sold its NGS services business to Source BioScience, a provider of lab services and products, for an undisclosed amount. As part of the agreement, OGT has licensed its analysis software to Source. “OGT’s genomics products portfolio has been […]
Lake Forest, IL 8/3/15; Vernon Hills, IL 8/18/15—IDEX Health and Science, part of fluid and metering technologies firm IDEX, has sold its Ismatic product line to lab product company Cole-Parmer for $28 million. Part of IDEX’s Scientific Fluidics Platform, the Ismatic business recorded 2014 revenues of $13 million. The independent channel control peristaltic pumps are […]
Omaha, NB 9/9/15; Los Angeles, CA 9/10/15—Transgenomic, a publicly held provider of diagnostics technologies, has sold its IC product line, including columns and resins, and related assets to EdgeBio for $2.1 million in cash. EdgeBio, which is owned by investment firm StoneCalibre, manufactures and distributes sample preparation and clean-up products for NGS. The IC business […]
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