Gaithersburg, MD 10/15/07; Indianapolis, IN 10/15/07—Gene Logic has agreed to sell its Genomics assets to Ocimum Biosolutions for $10 million in cash. The Genomics business includes the BioExpress System and ToxExpress System databases, Genesis Enterprise System bioinformatics software and a microarray services business. In 2006, revenues for Gene Logic’s Genomics business declined 57.1% to $24.3 […]
The steel industry has grown strongly over the past five years and is expected to continue its growth, driven primarily by the Chinese market. Although there are some fears that China might become a large-scale importer of steel, these worries are counterbalanced by the belief that China’s steel will feed domestic demand. Another factor behind […]
Luminex and Exiqon A/S launched the FlexmiR MicroRNA Mouse/Rat Extension Panel and the FlexmiR MicroRNA Control Set. Kinovate Life Sciences, a subsidiary of Nitto Denko, introduced CarriGene Plates, reagent-precoated transfection plates for in vitro delivery of plasmid DNA to mammalian cells. DiscoveRx released more than 50 PhosphoQuest ELISA assays for detection of functional kinase research […]
FEI introduced the Expida 1255S wafer DualBeam system for STEM sample preparation. FEI released the Vitrobot Mark IV cryo sample preparation tool. FEI released microValidator software for scanning electron microscopes and X-ray microanalysis systems used for automated particle and phase search analysis. It is compatible with EDAX and Bruker systems. FEI introduced the Nova NanoSEM […]
Held for the second consecutive year in the heart of US oil country, this year’s ISA exposition in Houston, Texas, met many people’s lowered expectations for the event. Many process analytical instrument vendors opted for smaller booths and some elected to pass up the show altogether. Although attendance and number of exhibitors declined 4% and […]
The government has submitted its 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR07), which sets its spending plans for 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11. Of CSR07’s allocations to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, research funding will total £5.6 billion ($11.4 billion) for 2008–09, £5.9 billion for 2009–10 and £6.3 billion for 2010–11. Funding for the Department for […]
Last month, Novartis and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the formation of a research partnership dedicated to continuous manufacturing. Novartis will give MIT $65 million over the next 10 years to establish the program; according to The Boston Globe, $40 million of this funding will come in the first five years. The Novartis-MIT […]
Affymetrix and Partners Healthcare extended their translational research collaboration (see IBO 12/15/06) with a contract array manufacturing supply agreement. Affymetrix and IPSOGEN will collaborate to develop and market in vitro diagnostic tests. Empire Genomics, a molecular karyotyping platform technology company, licensed a number of Affymetrix’s patents covering the manufacturing, use and sales of microarrays and […]
It has been three years since 10 countries—Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia—joined the EU (EU 10), adding 5% to the GDP of the world’s largest economy. In January, Bulgaria and Romania also became members the EU. EU membership has strengthened new member states’ (NMS) trade status, financial stability […]
The landscape of the generics industry is changing due to a number of high-profile mergers. Mylan Laboratories, a generics manufacturer based in Pennsylvania, jumped to third place in sales ranking among generic firms after purchasing a controlling stake in the Indian generic Matrix Laboratories in January and acquiring the generics division of Merck KGaA in […]
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