Company Announcements JEOL USA named Boeckeler’s RMC Products Division, a microtome manufacturer, as a distributor of its Cross Section Polisher sample preparation tool. More than 4,000 units of the Polisher have been sold worldwide. Carl Zeiss opened an SGD$30 million ($22 million) demonstration facility in Singapore in March. Carl Zeiss SMT opened its new 53,000 […]
France has selected the 10 project locations that will receive increased funding as part of President Sarkozy’s Operation Campus plan to raise the international visibility and status of French universities. In total, the projects encompass 39 universities, 17 schools and 650,000 studies. The projects are located in: Bordeaux, involving the Center Research and Higher Education […]
According to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and New Energy Finance, R&D expenditures for renewable energy and energy efficiency totaled $16.9 billion in 2007, up from $16 billion in 2006. Corporate R&D accounted for more than half of this spending, rising 8% to $9.8 billion, based on the expenditures of […]
Waltham, MA 7/1/08—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Open Biosystems, which provides RNAi, gene expression and protein detection products. Open Biosystems specializes in short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) and viral vector systems for delivering shRNA into living cells. The company had 2007 revenues of $14 million. Marijn E. Dekkers, president and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, stated, “The […]
When scientists bring up the subject of liquid chromatography (LC), complexity and high cost are two things that immediately come to the mind. While LC has proven to be a very useful analytical technique in the laboratory, as well as being advantageous in selected preparative and production-scale applications, it is an extremely involved technique that […]
Pharmaceutical R&D spending in Europe rose 5.0% to an estimated €26.0 billion ($35.6 billion) in 2007, according to the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Association’s (EFPIA) 2008 Edition of “Pharmaceutical Industry in Figures.” R&D as a percentage of sales for EFPIA members was 18.5%, similar to 2006’s figure of 18.6%. The EU pharmaceutical industry […]
Company Announcements Agilent announced the acquisition of the Blos bead nitrogen/phosphorous detector technology in March. In April, OI entered into an agreement with DANI Instruments SpA to sell DANI’s sample introduction and detector accessories. Sales began in May 2008. OI entered into a one-year value added resellers (VAR) agreement with Agilent Technologies effective June 1, […]
The chemical sector may be particularly vulnerable to conditions created by the credit crisis, according to some observers. Private equity companies have purchased many chemical companies in the past five years, resulting in a highly leveraged industry. UK-based Ineos Group’s ratings outlook was recently downgraded by S&P. Rising costs for petrochemicals, oil and commodities have […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 7/1/08—QIAGEN NV has purchased Corbett Life Science for $66 million in cash, $4 million in restricted common stock, and milestone payments and other contingencies worth up to $65 million over four years. The purchase includes 82.5% of outstanding stock and the exercise of an exclusive purchase option for the remaining 17.5%. Headquartered […]
Company Announcements Precision System Science, reagent company Diagenode SA and Nippon Gene announced plans to develop an automated epigenetic system. Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, PhD, and Steven St. Peter, MD, resigned from Helicos Biosciences’ Board in May. Helicos BioSciences named Stephen P. Hall senior vice president and CFO in May. He was formerly CFO of TriPath […]
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