ArtusLabs is a phoenix of sorts. Rising from the ashes of Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) supplier Synthematix, ArtusLabs is focused on creating data analysis tools for its core informatics platform, the Ensemble for Life Sciences. The North Carolina company has 15 employees and has received $3.1 million in first round funding. Robin Smith, CEO of […]
Company Announcements Nova Capital Management sold Dynalab, which supplies value-added packing and fabrication services for plastic lab supplies, to Martin Davies and Kathleen DeWitt in fall 2009. Kewaunee Scientific opened its first manufacturing plant outside the US in Bangalore, India, in October 2009. The company has 175 associates in the country. Biohit established a subsidiary […]
Company Announcements GenoLogics and CLC bio announced they will provide an end-to-end informatics and analysis solution for next-generation sequencing. Analyse-it Software entered into a joint-venture partnership with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute to develop best practice standards and guidelines for medical labs using its statistical software. CLC bio named Filgen as its Japanese reseller. […]
The inherent characteristics of NIR spectroscopy make it a logical choice for process analysis applications. As with other spectroscopy techniques, NIR offers instantaneous noncontact analysis of liquids and powders, and is able to perform analyses through glass. Relative to mid-infrared spectroscopy, NIR can penetrate much further into a sample, which makes it more amenable for […]
In the January 31 issue of IBO, the first Executive Briefing on page 2 discussed the divestment of four businesses required by the EU for approval of Agilent’s purchase of Varian. IBO incorrectly identified that Varian’s micro GC business would be sold. It is Agilent’s micro GC business that will be divested.
The importance of a company’s web site for sales and marketing is common knowledge. For life science research consumables, online sales and marketing are especially important. Rapid advances in the life science field, as well as the specialization and customization of reagents, kits and consumables used for life science research make purchasing online a natural […]
Foster City, CA and Ontario, Canada 2/1/10; Carlsbad, CA 2/1/10; Ontario, Canada 2/1/10; Washington, DC 2/1/10—Danaher and MDS have announced the completion of Danaher’s acquisition of MDS Analytical Technologies for $650 million in cash (see IBO 9/15/09), which includes the acquisition of MDS Sciex and Life Technologies’ MS joint venture. The new company for the […]
Software as a Service (SaaS) is an on-demand software model, which allows users to subscribe to and access a variety of software applications via the Internet, instead of a physical on-site installation. In the case of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), users can configure the LIMS and access data through a web browser. The LIMS […]
Company Announcements Polestar Technologies appointed Hanley Measurement and Control as a distributor for Ireland and the UK, and Sani-Tech West as a US distributor for California, Oregon and Washington. Sensorin named Dr. James A. Wilkins, former director of Technology Assessment and Transfer at Genentech, as chief technology officer. In November 2009, Galvanic Applied Sciences closed […]
Company Announcements Transgenomic licensed Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Cold-PCR technology, including the exclusive right to commercialize it combined with Sanger sequencing and the right to use it for mitochondrial DNA analysis. Cepheid named Nicolaas Arnold executive vice president of Worldwide Commercial Operations in October 2009. Most recently, he was regional vice president for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics […]
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