Woburn, MA 9/27/07—Nova Analytics’ Nova Analytics Deutschland GmbH subsidiary has acquired Bellingham & Stanley. Based in the UK, Bellingham & Stanley is a developer and manufacturer of refractometers and polarimeters. “B&S provides Nova Analytics with a range of refractometers and polarimeters, further enhancing our expansion into new markets,” stated Nova Analytics President and COO Chris […]
BTX Harvard Apparatus introduced the MicroPoration platform, consisting of a pulse generator, safety chamber and MicroPorator pipette, for nonviral transfection. Nova Biomedical launched the module BioProfile FLEX for cell culture analysis of 16 attributes. CellASIC launched the ONIX system for live cell imaging of yeast samples, featuring a microfluidic plate and flow control panel. Applied […]
London, UK 9/19/07—Whatman has begun a three-year overhaul of operations, following completion of a strategic review. The announcement was made during the company’s review of first-half results (see page 12). The three-phase plan is designed to produce an £8 million ($16.0 million) increase in annual profits. In the first phase, Whatman has begun to address […]
Fluxion Biosciences introduced the BioFlux platform, which automates and combines microfluidic chambers, for automated biofilm analysis. Lab901 launched the ScreenTape system for fully automated gel electrophoresis. It consists of the TapeStation system, ScreenTape consumables and software.
A study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) has found that the number of cancer drugs in clinical development has more than doubled between 1990 and 2006. However, only 8% of these drug candidates received marketing approval during the studied period. When broken down by compound type, market approval percentages […]
Foster City, CA and Santa Clara, CA 9/18/07—Applera, Applied Biosystems’ parent company, and Agilent Technologies have entered a settlement agreement, resolving Applera’s patent infringement suits in multiple countries against Stratagene, which Agilent acquired in June (see IBO 4/15/07). Agilent agreed to license certain Applera technology for real-time thermal cycler instruments in research-related fields, excluding human […]
Kingdom: Preliminary results from a survey by the Sensors and Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network (SIKTN) show that 57% of UK sensor and scientific instrument companies plan to boost research spending in the next year. On average, sensor and instrument companies in the UK intend to increase research spending by 10%. In addition, 75% of the […]
According to data published in September by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Stifterverband, the German association of research sponsors, public and private R&D spending is increasing. Public R&D funding is expected to increase 8% to €9.2 billion ($12.9 billion) in 2008. The Stifterverband calculates that industry R&D spending grew […]
The construction of new laboratories is growing in Asia, driven by government funding (see page 7) and manufacturing and R&D investment from the West. China’s Ministry of Science and Technology alone has approved the construction of 27 “national key laboratories” this year. China’s Ministry of Commerce reported this month that over 1,000 R&D centers have […]
Horiba Jobin Yvon gained exclusive distribution rights to GenOptic’s SPRi-Lab+ detector, and the companies are comarketing the SPRi-Plex system. GE Healthcare granted Applied Biosystems and NorDiag ASA licenses to its patents for the biomagnetic isolation of nucleic acids. FujiFilm Life Sciences entered the North American market earlier this year with an agreement to market and […]
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