A cursory analysis of calendar-year third- quarter results of eight major publicly held instrument and laboratory product companies (Applied Biosystems, Bruker, Dionex, Illumina, Invitrogen, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waters and Varian) show that the global economic crisis did not significantly affect third-quarter sales of analytical instruments and related products. In their quarterly conference calls, most companies […]
The European Commission’s annual EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard shows that total R&D spending by 2,000 companies increased by 9% to €379.3 billion ($553.8 billion) in 2007. Half of the companies in the Scoreboard are EU companies, and the other half are non-EU companies. This method allows the Scoreboard to show yearly R&D spending by […]
As the world economic community grapples with a financial crisis that has shattered the US and European banking industries, constrained credit and unnerved stock markets, business sentiment has plummeted. Despite governmental intervention to shore up liquidity, uncertainty and dread continue to dominate the economic outlook. The fall 2008 IBO Business Climate Survey finds the six-month […]
Due to the upcoming presidential elections, the US Congress essentially has put the fiscal year 2009 budget, which started October 1, 2008, on hold. A continuing resolution was passed to fund the federal agencies that did not receive final budget appropriations through March 6, 2009. Among the agencies operating under the continuing resolution are three […]
Second-quarter revenues for IBO’s Lab Equipment/Consumables Sales Index grew 12.8% to $912.0 million, and operating profits jumped 18.7% to $273.5 million. Adjusted operating margins improved 150 basis points to 30.0% of sales. Biohit Oy’s second-quarter sales grew 14% to €9.1 million ($14.2 million = €0.64 = $1) from €7.9 million ($10.7 million = €0.74 = […]
The addition of the chemical melamine to Chinese dairy products has caused more than 10 infant deaths worldwide and over 50,000 children in China to be hospitalized. Melamine in itself is not harmful, but when levels are high enough, it can cause crystals to form in the liver, leading to renal failure. This scandal comes […]
An X-ray diffraction (XRD) system transmits X-ray beams to a sample (generally a single crystal, metallic solid or a powder) and records the diffraction pattern that occurs when the X-ray photons encounter the inter-atomic gaps within the crystal structure. The results from the scattered photons are used to determine various properties of a sample, such […]
On Monday, September 29, the US House of Representatives rejected the $700 billion bailout package, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ down 7.0%, 8.8% and 9.1%, respectively. It was the largest single-day point decline for the Dow Jones in its history. The plan, which would provide immediate short-term credit relief, was […]
In the second installment of IBO’s twice yearly look at new laboratories, we examine nonprofit projects in the US, new pharmaceutical and contract research organization (CRO) labs, as well as new food testing and food R&D labs. Nonprofits and Medical Schools The three nonprofit institutions listed in the table on page 3 are among the […]
Is 2008 the year of the microarray scanner? It could very well be with at least five new scanners hitting the market by year end. The timing coincides with the introduction of higher density DNA microarrays. With more probes per chip, probe size is smaller, requiring higher resolution scanning. In addition, new software designed for […]
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