The Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS), a section of the Health and Human Services department, has released a draft report of its investigation of the oversight systems for genetic testing, including its recommendations for improving these systems. The report calls for the development of enforcement methods against labs performing genetic tests […]
First-half 2007 revenues for Inficon AG Emergency Response and Security decreased 7.6% to $8.5 million to make up 7% of total company sales. Photovac named four new representatives: A.J. Abrams Company for New England, New York and northern New Jersey; Brewer & Associates for the Pacific Northwest; Alpha Solutions for Minnesota, North Dakota and South […]
Pall elected Cheryl W. Grise, former president of Northeast Utilities’ Utility Group, in August. Dr. James D. Watson resigned from the Board of Pall in November. VWR appointed six new Board members: Robert L. Barchi, president of Thomas Jefferson University; Edward A. Blechschmidt, a director of Healthsouth, Lionbridge Technologies and Columbia Laboratories; Thompson Dean, comanaging […]
Siemens Automation and Drives introduced the Sitrans CV process GC for determining the chemical composition, superior and inferior calorific values, Wobbe index and density of natural gas. Lonza AG introduced the PyroSense online monitoring system for detection of endotoxin in water systems. ABB released the SpectraFlow CM100 raw material analyzer for cement manufacturing. Analytical Technology […]
It was another year of largely bolt-on acquisitions for major analytical instrument companies. The only pure-play instrumentation deal worth more than $1 billion was Madison Dearborn’s acquisition of VWR International (see IBO 5/15/07). However, acquisitions for companies in which laboratory instruments or associated products are one segment of the company’s many businesses yielded two deals […]
This year’s product safety controversies have affected manufacturers, regulators, consumers and laboratories alike. Manufacturers have increased product testing, while new regulatory efforts, by both governments and industry, have renewed calls for reform and scrutiny of the current system in multiple countries. Although it is too early to ascertain the exact effect of these efforts on […]
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