In June, the FDA announced a final rule that will require current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for dietary supplements. The rule was created to assure that supplements contain proper amounts of the correct ingredients and to avoid contamination by natural toxins, bacteria, pesticides or heavy metals. The final rule establishes quality-control procedures for supplement manufacturing […]
According to a survey by BioSpectrum and the Association of Biotechnology-Led Enterprises published this June, the Indian biotechnology industry grew 30.9% to INR 85.4 billion ($2.1 billion) in Indian fiscal year (IFY) 2006 (ended March 31, 2007), and is expected to reach $5 billion by 2010. Exports grew an impressive 47.0% to INR 49.4 billion […]
West Chester, PA 6/20/07—VWR International has agreed to acquire Bie & Berntsen A-S, a Denmark-based distributor of laboratory supplies. Financial details were unavailable. Founded in 1992, the family-owned Bie & Berntsen A-S has annual revenues of around $27 million and employs 90 people. Managing Director Søren Kirkegaard will join VWR. “VWR’s expertise in chemicals, consumables […]
Santa Clara, CA 6/18/07—Agilent Technologies’ Life Science and Analytical Instruments Group has acquired the Kalabie electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) product line from Klee Group. Financial details were not disclosed. All employees of Kalabie have joined Agilent and will remain based in Paris and Montpellier, France. Agilent plans to integrate the Kalabie ELN with its OpenLAB […]
PerkinElmer launched four application-specific Biodiesel GC Turnkey Systems for verifying pure biodiesel. Phenomenex released the Zebron ZB-5HT Inferno GC column, calling it “the world’s first nonmetal 55% phenyl-dimethylspolysiloxange phase stable to 430º C.” Varian introduced the Select Biodiesel for Glycerides UltiMetal capillary GC column. Agilent released the GS-OxyPLOT (Porous Layer Open Tubular) capillary GC column […]
Protasis introduced the Discovery High Throughput Structure Confirmation NMR Workstation, an automated MicroFlow NMR system for medicinal chemists, for use with Bruker or Varian NMRs and third-party confirmation and data archiving software. It features the Protasis/MRM CapNMR probe, Protasis One-Minute NMR software, the CTC/Leap PAL liquid handler, high-pressure pumps and web-based software for control. JEOL […]
In June, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the 300th order of the Thermo Scientific ARL 4460 optical emissions metals analyzer with SMS (Sample Manipulation System) 2000 automation. The order was placed by Tata Steel India and marks the analyzer’s first sale in India.
In fiscal 2006, productivity of selected analytical and life science instrument companies increased, but at a slower rate than the previous year, as new employee growth outpaced revenue growth. Following initial productivity gains for larger companies, spurred by IT investments, manufacturing efficiencies and increased outsourcing, such a slowing is not unusual. In addition, as the […]
Horiba Jobin Yvon introduced the second-generation XGT-1700 WR and 5700 WR ED-XRF imaging microscopes, designed for production line usage. Additions include a 3 mm X-ray beam and a combined dual optical filter. New Wave Research launched the U193-FX, a 193 nm, short-pulse excimer laser ablation system for ICP-MS. Elvatec introduced the ElvaX mini ED-XRF alloy […]
Bio-Rad Laboratories released KnowItAll Enterprise Server 3.0 and the KnowItAll AnyWare 1.0 browser-based client. Bio-Rad launched KnowItAll U for academic research and teaching. Sapio Sciences introduced Exemplar LIMS, addressing the complete pipeline from sample receipt in the lab through clinical trial management. Labtronics released Nexxis CLA (Instrument Calibration Manager) 4.0. Strand Life Sciences released Sarchitect, […]
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