In the first of IBO’s twice yearly surveys of major new or planned laboratories, Asia and India as well as a number of hefty investments by universities throughout the US are highlighted. India’s growing market, lower costs and educated workforce have attracted increased investments in new laboratories in recent years. Not surprisingly, a number of […]
Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), which is a subset of microcalorimetry, is one of the fastest-growing analytical techniques on the market. The technique’s market, valued at $45 million in 2007, is expected to achieve midteen sales growth over the next few years, while calorimetry sales as a whole are only expected to grow in single digits. […]
In January, implementation management company Expo Technologies acquired SpectrAlliance, which provides PAT (the FDA’s Process and Analytical Technology initiative) focused software, including NovaPAC. Yokogawa Electric appointed Shuzo Kaihori, director and senior vice president of the Industrial Automation Business, representative director and president effective April 1. President Isao Uchida was named chairman. Under a partnership agreement, […]
Intelligent Bio-Systems exclusively licensed DNA sequencing technology from Columbia University. Beckman Coulter appointed James V. Mazzo, president and CEO of Advanced Medical Optics, to its board. Under a collaboration agreement, BG Medicine will integrate Applied Biosystems technology into its proteomic and metabolomic systems pharmacology workflows. Kyodo International will represent lab-on-a-chip company Micronit Microfluidics BV in […]
According to a new report from Ernst & Young, the US biotech industry is at its strongest. Deals among US companies reached a total of $23 billion last year, and the value of mergers and acquisitions was at its second-highest level in the industry’s history. Venture capital hit an all-time high of $5.4 billion in […]
The Critical Path Institute adopted the Rosetta Resolver system for its Predictive Safety Testing Consortium.
The Chinese government has announced a far-reaching, 15-year program to modernize traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Already, the Chinese government has allotted CNY 1 billion ($130 million) for TCM R&D, and the total budget over the next five years is expected to range between CNY 3.7 billion and CNY 4.4 billion. This new program, which is […]
In March, Rosetta Biosoftware introduced version 7.0 of the Rosetta Resolver gene expression data analysis system. Genedata AG released ToxPedia, based on the Expressionist platform, for the adoption of systems toxicology for drug safety prediction. BioImagene introduced the 3i web-based platform for developing imaging applications for digital pathology and drug discovery, featuring three modules of […]
Caliper Life Sciences launched the Discovery Alliances & Services unit, created by the integration of NovaScreen Biosciences, a provider of in vitro discovery services, and Xenogen Biosciences, a provider of in vivo discovery services. It offers more than 700 in vitro assay types. Gyros AB introduced the Gyrolab Bioaffy 20 HC CD microlaboratory for dilution-free […]
Prices of iron ore and nickel reached all-time highs this year, and prices for other key metals have been going strong for five years, driven in part by limited supplies and increased demand from the booming economies of China and India. Copper climbed to its highest price of $4 a pound in 2006, and is […]
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