Despite sustained economic volatility during August, the US equity markets and US dollar strengthened. Investors were encouraged by better-than-expected manufacturing data, consumer confidence and durable goods orders for July, as well as falling crude oil prices, which declined 7% to end the month at $115.45 a barrel. On August 27, the US Commerce Department revised […]
Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has announced the “577 Initiative,” under which the government plans to increase R&D funding to 5% of GDP within five years to make the country one of the seven science and technology leaders worldwide. Seven industries will be targeted, including semiconductors, automobiles and machinery. In addition, health care […]
Irvine, CA 8/26/08—Horiba Instruments, the US subsidiary of Horiba, has announced acquired the assets of Beta Scientific effective May 1. Beta Scientific offered the SA-9600 line of Surface Area Analyzers for measuring low surface-area samples. Horiba stated the product line compliments its particle size, particle shape and zeta potential product lines.
In its annual rankings of the world’s top universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University has listed 17 US universities among the top 20 and 55 US universities among the top 100. Britain and Germany had the second greatest number of universities in the top 100 rankings with 10 and six, respectively. Japan, Canada and Sweden each […]
In the calendar-year second quarter, major analytical instrument and laboratory supply companies in general reported an increase in business compared to calendar-year first quarter as applied markets, Asia and consumables continued to be the main growth drivers. In addition, Europe gained some momentum as both Waters and Dionex reported a return to European sales growth, […]
According to a survey of 255 companies conducted by Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Shimbun and published in July, R&D investment by Japan’s private sector totaled JPY 12.5 trillion ($113.16 billion), a 6.9% increase. Of the companies surveyed, 32.9% plan to increase R&D spending by more than 10% within the next five years. Fifty-five percent of […]
Company Announcements In June, BioForce Nanosciences named NanoAndMore a US distributor. Cogenics, Roche’s 454 Life Sciences and Limagrain Verneuil entered into a collaborative agreement to develop solutions for large-scale crop SNP discovery, under which 454 will sequence 2GB of the wheat genome. Caliper Life Sciences gained limited access to certain optical imaging technologies owned by […]
Company Announcements Affymetrix extended its Collaborations in Cancer Research Program to North America, forming alliances with 15 cancer researchers. Affymetrix named AltheaDx as an authorized service provider. Thermo Fisher Scientific collaborated with protein microarray firm Gentel Biosciences to shift microarrays to a new 96-well configuration and ELISA-like format. Thermo sells the product under the SmartPlex […]
The Russian government plans to spend $2.7 billion by 2015 to revitalize the country’s chemicals industry. The Industry and Trade Ministry program will produce 200 projects in the chemicals sector and 10,000 new jobs. Closely linked to the 2007–2015 State Armament Program, the funding will primarily go toward the development and production of carbon-fiber composites, […]
According to data gathered from the US clinical trials registry for phases II–IV studies between October 2005 and September 2007, six major therapeutic areas accounted for 68% of all protocols and 74% of all sites. In order from most to least activity, these six areas were oncology, central nervous system (CNS) disorders, cardiology, infectious diseases, […]
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