As IBO examined in its October 15 issue, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the products for their production in the lab for research applications is a rapidly expanding market. Now public organizations are stepping up their efforts to produce such cells. In November, the UK’s Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust announced the creation […]
Founded in 1985 in Oregon, Optimize Technologies aims to make HPLC easier to use and more efficient. “In 1985, HPLC was an established technique, but the instrumentation and componentry was cumbersome and instrument specific,” said President Douglas Ford. Mr. Ford experienced these issues firsthand as a graduate student involved with synthetic organic chemistry. Working with […]
According to the latest EU R&D Scoreboard, produced by the EU’s Joint Research Centre, R&D spending by 1,500 of the world’s largest companies grew 7.6% to €510.7 billion ($709.3 billion = €0.72 = $1) in fiscal 2011 (FY11) (results included FY12 information for some companies). In FY10, Scoreboard companies showed a 4.0% increase in R&D […]
Third-quarter 2012 Life Science Index sales grew 3.4%, 4.9% excluding currency, to $3,260 million. Operating profit improved 2.8% to $658 million. Based on continuing operations, operating margin slipped 20 basis points to 20.7% of sales. Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue for Becton Dickinson’s BD Biosciences segment, which consists of Cell Analysis and Advanced Bioprocessing products, fell 6.3%, […]
Solid phase extraction (SPE) is among the most widely used sample preparation techniques for chemical and biological analyses. SPE is used to purify a compound by concentrating liquid phase components onto a solid phase substrate and extracting the target analytes. Greater sample complexity and more sensitive instrumentation have driven the need for SPE advancements. Also […]
Instrument and laboratory product companies have been building manufacturing facilities in developing nations for years (see IBO 3/15/11). Such facilities offer more than lower manufacturing costs, as they encompass several components of a company’s strategy for the country and surrounding region. Among these components are expanding local R&D, offering local products and services, and meeting […]
Equities were mostly higher in November despite concerns over the US budget deficit. Positive economic indicators included better-than-expected jobless claims and GDP growth, as well as rising housing prices and consumer confidence. On November 29, US third-quarter GDP growth was revised upward from 2.0% to 2.7%, primarily due to inventory investments. For the month, the […]
Major publicly held instrument and laboratory product businesses continued to weather a slow growth environment in the calendar-year third quarter. Revenues for the eight businesses whose quarterly results are detailed on pages 9–11 grew 2.0%, including approximately 4.2% organic growth (see table, page 9). This compares with reported sales growth of 3.1% last quarter, with […]
Even excluding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding, US university spending on R&D continued to grow in fiscal year 2011 (FY11) (ending June 30, 2011). Without ARRA funding, university spending on R&D would have grown 4.0% to $60.9 billion, according to the NSF’s Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. Including ARRA funds, university […]
Montreal, Canada–based SCP Science is a firm that transitioned from providing consumables to providing instrumentation as well. George Feilders, president of SCP Science, founded the 140-employee firm in 1980. In 1999, the firm began manufacturing its first microwave digestion system, the DigiPREP digestion system. “Our focus is atomic spectroscopy, and our product range represents those […]
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