Airgas named James A. Muller senior vice president, Specialty Gases and Life Sciences, in January. He was previously president of Airgas East. In March, Air Liquide purchased Linde Gas UK based on an enterprise value of €105 million ($138.2 million). Air Liquide UK’s sales are around €60 million ($78.9 million). In March, Corning Life Sciences […]
According to Chemical & Engineering News’ yearly survey of the top 50 US companies in the chemical industry, 2006 was not an eventful year. Combined sales of the surveyed companies reached $299.3 billion, a 6.3% increase over 2005. This sales growth is down from last year’s 10.9% increase, and is a far cry from the […]
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) will get a total of AUD 2.8 billion ($2.4 billion) over the next four years, according to Australia’s 2007–08 budget, which was released in May. CSIRO’s National Research Flagships program will receive AUD 174 million ($146.7 million) over the next four years. Specific allotments include AUD 60 […]
Zurich, Switzerland and Syracuse, NY 5/31/07—-INFICON has acquired Maxtek, a provider of instruments and software for thin film deposition and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements. Terms were not disclosed. “Maxtek’s strong reputation and its products complement INFICON instruments, enabling us to provide a more complete product range for thin film coating processes which are vital […]
Integrating organizational structures has been the focus of Horiba and Shimadzu, two of the largest analytical instrument companies. Based in Japan, both companies have sought in recent years to improve profitability through consolidating operations, new manufacturing facilities and strengthening their US businesses. As the results for each company’s most recent fiscal years show, these efforts […]
This issue, IBO has made a of couple changes to its Life Science Sales Index. Gene Logic, Tripos and Molecular Devices were removed from the Index. Tripos sold its Discovery Informatics division in March (see IBO 11/30/06), while Gene Logic increased the service orientation of its business. Molecular Devices was acquired by MDS on March […]
Many people worldwide depend on drugs that have gone off-patent. According to analyses by the FDA, prices of generic drugs can be as low as 20% of the cost of a brand-name drug, and these significant price drops often occur when two or three generic versions of a drug come onto the market. In 2004, […]
In 2006, global sales in the cosmetics and toiletries sector grew 10% to more than $253 billion, according to Euromonitor International. The potential for profit in this sector has drawn biotech startup companies as well as major cosmetics firms to manufacture cosmetics with purported pharmaceutical effects, commonly called cosmeceuticals. Biotech startups are drawn to the […]
Konica Minolta Sensing appointed Metalinspec and Equipar as Mexican distributors. Metrolab was appointed a technical support provider for Mexico. Perten Instruments AB named Newport Scientific an exclusive distributor for North America effective April 1. Perten will exclusively distribute Newport Scientific’s products in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway beginning this month. Perten will integrate CAMO Software’s […]
AVISO GmbH appointed Analytik Jena AG a distributor of its CellCelector system. Harvard Bioscience entered into a comarketing and codevelopment agreement with Nanoentek, giving BTX Harvard Apparatus exclusive distribution of Digital Bio’s Microporator gene delivery system in the US and giving Digital Bio exclusive distribution of BTX’s electroporation products in selected Asian nations. Advalytix, a […]
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