Waltham, MA and Cambridge, MA 10/1/07—PerkinElmer has agreed to acquire publicly listed ViaCell for $7.25 per share, a 52% premium over the stock’s September 30 closing price, for an aggregated price of approximately $300 million, or $260 million net of cash. ViaCell specializes in the collection and preservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells and, […]
Protein Discovery named eight distributors for its PPS Silent Surfactant reagent product for MS membrane protein sample preparation: ProteoMass Australia (Australia and New Zealand), American Health and Medical Supply International (China), Professional Biotech (India), Precision Technologies (Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore), Labogen (Italy), AMR (Japan), Chubu Science (Japan) and GenDiscovery Biotechnology (Taiwan). In July, QIAGEN NV […]
Activotec launched the SFT-250 Supercritical Fluid Extraction/Reaction Processing System. Waters launched VanGuard Pre-Columns, which are capable of routine use at pressures up to 15,000 psi. Viscotek released the Tetra Detector GPC system, combining refractive index, UV, viscometry and low-angle light scattering detectors. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments released the Shim-pack XR Series of HPLC columns, which employ […]
The steel industry has grown strongly over the past five years and is expected to continue its growth, driven primarily by the Chinese market. Although there are some fears that China might become a large-scale importer of steel, these worries are counterbalanced by the belief that China’s steel will feed domestic demand. Another factor behind […]
Held for the second consecutive year in the heart of US oil country, this year’s ISA exposition in Houston, Texas, met many people’s lowered expectations for the event. Many process analytical instrument vendors opted for smaller booths and some elected to pass up the show altogether. Although attendance and number of exhibitors declined 4% and […]
Last month, Novartis and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the formation of a research partnership dedicated to continuous manufacturing. Novartis will give MIT $65 million over the next 10 years to establish the program; according to The Boston Globe, $40 million of this funding will come in the first five years. The Novartis-MIT […]
It has been three years since 10 countries—Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia—joined the EU (EU 10), adding 5% to the GDP of the world’s largest economy. In January, Bulgaria and Romania also became members the EU. EU membership has strengthened new member states’ (NMS) trade status, financial stability […]
Holliston, MA 10/11/07—Harvard Bioscience has acquired Panlab for $5.0 million in cash. Panlab manufactures and distributes life science instruments, primarily for the neuroscience research market. “With the acquisition of Panlab, we are able to expand our distribution channels by establishing a subsidiary in Spain. In addition, the acquisition provides us access into a segment of […]
Incubators are among the most basic pieces of laboratory equipment and are installed in most laboratories. They maintain an isolated, controlled environment for in vitro studies or for growing biological samples. Although incubators perform a seemingly simple function, their features have become more reliable and sophisticated. There are a myriad of incubators available, each with […]
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH acquired Clarient’s equipment business and related assets, consisting of the ACIS and Trestel Instruments Systems for clinical tissue-based cancer diagnostics, for $11 million in cash in March. Dako Denmark A/S will assist in marketing the systems. In July, Carl Zeiss SMT moved its North American headquarters from Thornwood, New York, to […]
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