Strategic Information for the Life Science and Analytical Instrument Industry
Although the shutdown of labs worldwide due to COVID-19 slowed laboratory tool sales in 2020 and 2021, the industry appears to be back on track. The analytical instrument and lab products market is set for mid-single digit growth from 2021 to 2026, only slightly slower than the previous five-year period, according to the “SDi Global […]
Top 5 Compensation Packages for FY21 for Laboratory Tool Company CEOs The median amount of the top five compensation packages for CEOs of laboratory tool companies was $16 million last fiscal year. Although executive compensation is based a variety of factors, revenues grew double digits for all five CEOs’ companies last fiscal year, boosted by […]
The 2022 Cannabis Science Conference West will take place May 18–20 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. According to organizers, analytical science, medical cannabis, cultivation science, hemp/CBD science and psychedelic science are the main topics of the show. Events include keynote speakers, presentations, roundtable discussions and exhibits. IBO spoke with Josh […]
IBO’s company of the year for 2021 is Thermo Fisher Scientific. During 2021, Thermo Fisher balanced the demands of recent and pending major acquisitions (see IBO 4/16/21), the unpredictable COVID-19 marketplace, the roll out of multiple new products and a commitment to the fundamentals of its business strategy. IBO selects a company of the year […]
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Established in 2005, IonSense is the only company to offer DART (Direct Analysis in Real Time) technology. DART, and its newest iteration, DART JumpShot, are open-air ambient ionization sources for mass spectrometry (MS). DART is able to analyze samples in their native states at atmospheric pressure without sample contact. Based in Massachusetts, the company currently […]
In its latest major product introduction, announced last month, Agilent Technologies has expanded its line of InfinityLab Bio liquid chromatography (LC) systems. With a sample flow path containing biocompatible materials, the Bio LC portfolio addresses issues such as corrosion and leaching arising from protein interactions with traditional flow path materials such as iron. The portfolio […]
SCIEX (a Danaher company), one of the world’s largest mass spectrometry (MS) companies, has introduced a new QTOF MS platform. The ZenoTOF 7600 LC-MS/MS is the company’s latest QTOF system, joining a QTOF product portfolio that includes the TripleTOF series and X500 models. Strategic Directions International (SDi) estimates worldwide QTOF MS demand to exceed $400 […]
In a recently published report, Strategic Directions International (SDi), IBO’s publisher, provides an overview of the fast-growing Chinese analytical instrument and lab product market. The report, “China 2021: The Market for Laboratory Analytical & Life Science Instruments,” includes forecast and market segmentation details for ten categories of laboratory technologies (see below). China’s investment in R&D, […]
As one of the fastest growing segments of the biopharma market, cell and gene therapies (CGT) are creating a new era of medical treatments. Making cell and gene therapies possible are genetic manipulation and cell growth and maintenance. To accomplish these tasks in R&D, quality control and manufacturing, scientists are drawing on established laboratory tools […]
