Company Announcements Nanosurf AG appointed RL Artal as its official agent for Hungary and Anamet SRO as its distributor for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Nikon Instruments signed a value-added reseller agreement to sell the ChromoDynamics’ HSi-300 Hyperspectral Imaging System with its Eclipse 90i and Ti series of microscopes. The System addresses the removal of […]
Despite their oil resources, Middle Eastern countries are making record investments in clean energy, targeting R&D and green manufacturing in order to maintain their leadership in energy. Masdar, near Abu Dhabi, will produce zero carbon emissions and be home to an MIT satellite campus as well as a research park. According to CH2M’s Nancy Tuor, […]
According to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Tokyo Region Office, the Japanese science and technology budget (S&T) for fiscal year 2009 beginning April 1 is ¥3,554.8 billion ($35.5 billion), flat with the prior year. The lack of a substantial decrease in a year when government budgets were substantially cut is indicative of Japan’s commitment to […]
Toronto, Canada 2/2/09; New York NY 10/30/08—MDS announced that is has formed a committee of independent directors to support its review of alternatives for improving shareholder value. MDS has hired Goldman, Sachs & Co. and RBC Capital Markets as financial advisors. In an October 2008 press release, Obrem Capital Markets disclosed its discussions with MDS […]
Billerica, MA 2/2/09—Millipore has agreed to acquire Guava Technologies, a provider of microcapillary flow cytometers, for $22.6 million. Guava recorded 2008 sales of $21.9 million. The acquisition is expected to be slightly accretive to Millipore’s non-GAAP EPS during 2009. “Our vision is to make flow cytometry less expensive, easier to use, and more accessible for […]
Milford, MA 2/2/09—Waters announced that it has acquired the remaining outstanding capital stock of Thar Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thar Instruments is a manufacturer of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) systems and products, with annual revenues of approximately $18 million. The acquisition is estimated to be neutral to Waters’s 2009 earnings. […]
Viscosity is a general property of fluids that measures how “thick” the fluid is. More precisely, viscosity measures a fluid’s response to physical stresses. The more a fluid resists being deformed by the stress, the greater its viscosity. The most basic mathematical definition for viscosity originated from Issac Newton, who postulated that the relationship between […]
Company Announcements Proxeon integrated its EASY-nLC system software with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Xcalibur software and became a Thermo Fisher Scientific Virtual Instrument Partner. Varian and Flora Research Laboratories formed an alliance in October 2008 to advance the implementation of LC/MS for complex dietary supplement analysis. JASCO released drivers for Applied Biosystems/MDS Analytical Technologies’ Analyst software […]
In 2007, China’s R&D spending rose 23.5% to CNY 371 billion ($48.8 billion) to account for 1.49% of GDP. The national government‘s R&D spending grew 25.2 % to CNY 42.5 billion to make up 4.25% of its expenditures. R&D by companies, government-affiliated research institutes, and colleges and universities accounted for 72.3%, 18.5% and 8.5% of […]
Following Pfizer’s plan to acquire Wyeth and Roche’s bid for Genentech, other big pharmaceutical firms may be considering major acquisitions. Sanofi-Aventis is reported to be interested in purchasing Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). The companies currently comarket Plavix. However, BMS’s future patent expirations and changes in leadership at Sanofi-Aventis could deter the deal. Merck & Co. has […]
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