Brea, CA 3/29/12—Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has acquired Blue Ocean Biomedical for an undisclosed amount. Blue Ocean Biomedical manufactures reagents and automated flow cytometry systems with integrated automated sample preparation for routine clinical analyses. “The simplification of customer workflows will be dramatic,” said Scott Atkin, president of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. “We’ll be able to […]
At Pittcon, IBO sees many new products, which are defined as products released within six months of the show. From these products, each year IBO selects three that it feels are the most noteworthy for their innovation, technical achievements and commercial potential. This year, IBO has chosen instruments that meet these requirements in three different […]
Pittcon returned to Orlando, Florida, on March 11 to 15, making it the conference’s fifth stop at this location in 10 years. As expected, attendance suffered compared with last year, when the conference was held in Atlanta, Georgia (see IBO 3/31/11). Total attendance declined 8.4% this year to 15,754. Full conferees accounted for 34% of […]
Volatility returned to the global equity markets in March due to the unresolved bailout for Greece and data indicating slowing economic growth in China and Europe. China lowered its 2012 growth outlook from 8.0% to 7.5%, and the EU reported that fourth-quarter 2011 GDP contracted 0.3%. However, equity prices rebounded as financing measures for Greece […]
Raman spectroscopy is a powerful technique for identification of a wide range of chemicals and compounds, but it was not a practical technique in the lab until about the 1980s and 1990s because of technological limitations. Improvements in fiber optics, optical filter technology and other areas, largely driven by the telecom revolution, helped bring lab […]
Company Announcements Microsaic Systems announced the CE marking of its 3500 MiD MS system. Microsaic Systems CEO Alan Finlay stepped down in December 2011 and was temporarily replaced by Chairman Eric Yeatman until a replacement is found. Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed in January to comarket PREMIER Biosoft’s SimGlycan software for the characterization of complex glycans […]
Company Announcements Life Technologies named Rhenium its principal distributor in Israel. MP Biomedicals appointed Todd R. Nelson, PhD, as president and CEO in December 2011. He was formerly CEO of eBioscience. Avacta acquired Aptuscan, a developer of affinity protein scaffolds, in January for £1.5 million ($2.3 million). Under a license and supply agreement, Hologic will […]
Company Announcements Anton Paar established new subsidiaries in Italy and Turkey in December 2011. Hach named VWR a local distributor for its laboratory products in Australia and New Zealand. Technology trading group Addtech Life Science acquired BioNordika in January. BioNordika markets reagents and instruments for biomedical research and has annual sales of around SEK 80 […]
Company Announcements MANTECH named DKSH its exclusive distributor and provider of market expansion services for South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Senova Systems, a developer of pH sensing technology, announced in January that it raised $6.7 million in Series B financing, which was led by Phoenix Venture Partners. Hanna Instruments named two new exclusive […]
Brazilian President Dilma Roussef has slashed Brazil’s science budget for the second year in a row. In February, the government announced a BRL 6.7 billion ($3.7 billion) science budget for 2012, which is 22% less than 2011’s budget. The government issued the cuts as part of its plan to decrease national spending by BRL 55 […]
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