: In June, DuPont and Environmental Defense (ED) introduced the Nano Risk Framework, a joint effort to improve research on environmental, health and safety issues pertaining to nanotechnology. At its most basic level, the Framework calls for a multistep risk analysis assessment before the use of nanotech products or processes, followed by regular reexaminations of […]
PREMIER Biosoft International released Beacon Designer 7.0 for designing real-time PCR assays. Q Chip launched the ReaX Mastermix Lab-in-a-Bead gel-based bead and the ReaX Custom Bead Service. Spartan Bioscience launched the Spartan Dx real-time PCR DNA analyzer priced at $14,995. VWR International introduced Gene Technologies’ G-Storm thermal cyclers, consisting of three models.
In June, Applied Biosystems launched the early-access program for its SOLiD System DNA sequencer.
Carestream Health, consisting of Kodak’s former Health Group business (see IBO 1/15/07), officially began operating as an independent company in May. 454 Life Sciences and the Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre are collaborating on the characterization of tropical organisms and diseases. Axela Biosensors entered into a licensing and supply agreement for BioCheck’s reagents for use as […]
According to the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST), Australian biotech firms have been successful in raising capital during the first half year, ended June 30. Drug development and device companies raised a record AUD 500 million ($422.7 million) from IPOs and other capital raising efforts. Biotech firms Avexa, Acrux and Progen together […]
Washington, DC 8/6/07—ICx Technologies, a developer of security products, has filed for a public offering of its common stock on the US NASDAQ exchange. The filing did not specify the offer price or date. ICx’s 2006 sales increased 15.7% to $90.2 million (see page 12). Product sales for its Detection business grew 416% in 2006 […]
Esco Technologies named Mike Martin general manager of US operations in March. He was previously general manager of Lancer Sales. Esco Technologies established a subsidiary in Salisbury, UK, earlier this year. On May 4, Becton, Dickinson and Company acquired Plasso Technology, a surface-engineering company that specializes in biological coatings for consumables, for $10 million in […]
Artifex Engineering introduced the IRS-E series of mid-IR spectrometers for industrial metrology. Process Systems Enterprise released a suite of software facilities and services for high-fidelity modeling of batch, semibatch and continuous pharmaceutical operations. Thermo Fisher Scientific launched the CB Omni PGNAA analyzers for the composition analysis of raw materials in the cement manufacturing process. Thermo […]
Laboratory equipment tends to be the humble workhorse in a lab. While it does not perform the high-profile work of measuring and analyzing samples, research simply could not be done without it. Traditionally, aesthetics have not been a priority in the design of lab equipment. The decision by a laboratory equipment manufacturer to improve the […]
Costs for oil discovery equipment and labor have kept pace with rising oil prices over the years, and are expected to drive prices higher yet. Cambridge Energy Research Associates estimates that capital expenditures for exploration in the oil industry have gone up almost 80% since 2000. In comparison, the average price of West Texas Intermediate […]
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