Strategic Information for the Life Science and Analytical Instrument Industry
On February 7, 2025, the Trump administration announced a 15% cap on all indirect costs for new and existing NIH grants. However, on April 4, 2025, the US District Court in Massachusetts enacted a preliminary injunction blocking the limit. In response, the HHS appealed the injunction to the US Court of Appeals for the First […]
A new report from Strategic Directions International (SDi), a business intelligence firm specializing in the analytical instrument market, finds that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2024 and 2029 of demand in the cell and gene therapy (C>) market for seven categories of analytical technologies will expand in the high single digits. The technology […]
10x Genomics has begun shipping its latest Flex assay for its Chromium instrument platform, responding to the needs of the single-cell sequencing market for easy to use, higher-throughput and scalable solutions. For example, the burgeoning field of cell atlases, or maps of an organism’s cells, requiring larger data sets and thus the faster generation of […]
Share repurchase programs have been a heavily discussed topic among investors and analysts, with some questioning their relationship to a company’s financial health. Among the leading reasons companies initiate share repurchase programs is to reduce the number of outstanding shares, thereby increasing the value of the remaining shares. Additionally, companies buy back shares to demonstrate […]
As the life science analytical instrument industry faces the challenges presented by uncertain government and academic funding and slower CapEx spending by biopharma companies, plus nervousness from potential investors, companies introducing new technology for life science research are facing a more difficult environment for raising money. Formed earlier this year, Precision Cell Systems (PCS) is […]
The first analytica USA exhibition and conference will be held in Columbia, Ohio, from September 10 to 12. This is the first time analytica, a series of lab technology, analysis and biotech exhibitions held worldwide by trade fair organization Messe München, will take place in the US. analytica USA will host 260 plus exhibitors. analytica […]
In the past few years, select governments around the world have emphasized the societal importance of clean water by passing legislation for safer drinking water and combating climate change and other environmental hazards. Water testing is one of the many avenues that scientists and others utilize to monitor water safety and pollution. Laboratories could not […]
Founded in 2020, Syncell launched its first products at the beginning of last year. The Microscoop Mint and Synlight photolabeling kit and Synpull protein extraction reagents together offer a subcellular solution for spatial proteomics by utilizing laser nano-pulldown (LNP). In 2024, the company closed a $15 million Series A funding, led by Taiwania Capital. The […]
Tariff announcements and changes in the academic and government funding landscape in the US are the latest challenges facing the laboratory tools industry. But, according to Strategic Directions International’s (SDi’s) 2025 “Global Assessment Report,” despite these challenges and others, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for laboratory instruments will increase in coming years. Five-Year Market […]
One likely effect of the new US government’s recent actions to disrupt NIH grant funding to US universities has been a hit to stock prices of suppliers of life science instrumentation for university R&D. The Trump Administration’s actions include restrictions and terminations of grants, as well as delays or cancellations of grant review meetings and […]
