Gentelligent launched BasePro 1.0, a downloadable, add-in, Excel-based software for handling DNA, RNA and protein data. Advanced Chemistry Development released ACD/Labs 11, featuring updates for many of its products, including ACD/IntelliXtract for LC/MS componentization. Applied Biosystems released GeneMapper ID-X software for the automation of the routine review of forensic DNA data. Timeless Medical Systems released […]
Once again this year, the seasonally strong calendar year 2007 fourth quarter did not disappoint, topping off a year of solid growth for some of the analytical instrument industry’s largest companies. Of the 10 analytical and life science instrument businesses discussed on pages 9–11 that presented quarterly results in US dollars, eight posted double-digit revenue […]
Following up on IBO’s examination of US product safety systems (see IBO 11/15/07), there have been recent announcements from Wal-Mart, Toys R’Us, the Toy Industry Association (TIA) and the EU concerning toy safety. These announcements express a clear aim to increase the amount of toy testing, with the TIA calling for an increase in the […]
President Bush’s proposed budget, released February 4, for fiscal year 2009 calls for a 3.3% increase in the federal R&D investment to $145.4 billion. Federal support of basic and applied R&D would drop 0.5% to $57.1 billion, with a 3.1% increase in basic research spending to $29.3 billion and a 4.0% decrease in applied research […]
The FDA approved 17 new molecular entities (NMEs) and two biological license applications in 2007, the lowest number of new approvals since 2002. Nine of the 19 approvals were the subject of priority review status, which is given to a drug for which few available treatments exist. Four of the new approvals were for oncology […]
Velocity11 launched the Automated Microplate Spin-down Station for 320 microplates, which integrates the BenchCel Microplate Handling System and the Vspin Access 2 Microplate Centrifuge. CyBio AG introduced the CyBi-DiluSpro 8-channel pipettor for volumes of 0.5 µL–250 µL, the CyBi-Well vario multichannel pipettor for volumes of 25 nL–250 µL and the CyBi-RoboSpense all-purpose pipetting robot. Eppendorf […]
Invitrogen and HUPO (the Human Proteome Organization) launched the HUPO Gold Mass Spectrometry Protein Standard sampling program for development of what Invitrogen calls “the first commercially available all-recombinant human protein standard for mass spectrometry.” Applied Biosystems introduced the Cliquid Drug Screen and Quant Software for Routine Forensic Toxicology, a new software application for its LC/MS/MS […]
On January 15, the Korean Science and Technology Ministry released a plan to place Korea among the top three countries for nanotechnology by 2020. According to the plan, by 2020, Korean companies would control 20% of the global nanotechnology market, generating sales of $260 billion per year by 2015 and $500 billion in 2020. Nano-element […]
Fluxion Biosciences appointed AutoMate Scientific as a distributor of its BioFlux System. Amaxa and Promega will develop applications based on their respective Nucleofector technology and luciferase reporter assay technologies to monitor cell signaling events in cells that are difficult to transfect. Roche Applied Sciences will exclusively market systems for real-time cell analysis based on ACEA […]
Caluire, France and Pensauken, NJ 2/1/08—Setaram, a provider of thermal analysis and calorimetry systems, has acquired Hy-Energy, a manufacturer of gas sorption instruments for clean energy applications. “The integration of Hy-Energy with Setaram further strengthens Setaram Instruments’ North American operations and provides us with a physical presence on the West Coast, closer to many of […]
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