Santa Clara, CA 2/1/07—Intevac has acquired the assets and certain liabilities of Raman spectroscopy company DeltaNu for an undisclosed amount. Intevac is a developer of low light imaging sensors, cameras and systems and a supplier of magnetic media supporting equipment. Based in Laramie, Wyoming, DeltaNu’s products include handheld and benchtop Raman spectroscopy instruments and Raman […]
Company Announcements Alpha Technologies Services, a Roper Industries company, signed an exclusive distribution agreement with AFA Technologies (Instruments) Shanghai for China, effective October 1, 2006. ADMET entered the Indian market with its universal testing machines, as well as other products, in October 2006. It sells direct and through representatives. In fall 2006, Q-Sense AB, the […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced regulations last week that will lower airborne pollutants over the next 25 years. Most significantly for oil refineries, the rules require that benzene levels be cut. On average, benzene made up roughly 1% of US gas in 2004. This proportion will be brought down to an average of 0.62% […]
Cambridge, UK 1/29/07, Maynard, MA 1/29/07 and Columbus, OH 1/29/07—BioWisdom, a developer of software for business information analysis in the healthcare industry, and OmniViz, a company that specializes in software for data visualization, have announced that they will unite under the BioWisdom name. Gordon Baxter, CEO of BioWisdom, said that “this transaction is an important […]
Sunnyvale, CA 2/15/07—Cepheid, a provider of nucleic acid amplification equipment and reagents, has acquired Sangtec Molecular Diagnostics AB from ALTANA Pharma AG for $27 million in cash. Based in Broma, Sweden, Sangtec is a manufactuer of PCR-based molecular diagnostics products and had 2006 revenues of $8 million. Cepheid intends to integrate Sangtec’s affigene kits for […]
Washington, DC 2/9/07—Thermo Fisher Scientific has filed a petition of approval with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to sell its centrifugal vacuum evaporators assets to Riverlake Partners and MVC Capital. Thermo Fisher Scientific is required to divest the business within five months as a condition of the FTC’s approval of the merger of Thermo […]
According to the FDA, 10% of drugs in the world are counterfeit. The World Health Organization (WHO) takes a more nuanced view: according to the organization, less than 1% of drugs in developed nations are counterfeit, but 10% of drugs in developing economies are counterfeit. However, in parts of Latin America, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan […]
The FDA plans to define the term “gluten-free” for the purposes of food labeling. The FDA has produced a draft proposal in January and is accepting comments on the proposal until April. According to the FDA, a gluten-free food does not contain wheat, rye or barley; it also should not contain any ingredient made from […]
Major restructurings of R&D operations were announced earlier this year by two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and Roche. Such announcements are becoming more common for so-called “big pharma” (see IBO 4/15/05, 4/15/06), as many of the world’s 10 largest drug firms struggle to maintain historical levels of profitability during a period of […]
Company Announcements CETAC Technology entered into a marketing and partnership agreement with Coherent for its GeoLasPro Laser Ablation System in fall 2006. CETAC Technology named StarLab SaS as its Italian distributor in fall 2006. PANalytical, a Spectris company, opened a direct sales and support organization in Mexico in November 2006. The employees of PONA, the […]
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