Chalfont, St. Giles and Maidstone, England 2/4/08—GE Healthcare has agreed to purchase Whatman for approximately $713 million, or 270 pence per share, in cash (see IBO 1/15/08), a 12% premium over the stock’s February 1 closing price. Whatman supplies laboratory filtration and other sample preparation products for life science and medical applications, including membranes, chromatography […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific is now distributing EDAX’s electron backscatter diffraction systems to complement its Noran System Six X-ray microanalysis system. Xstream Systems named Blue Ridge X-Ray a distributor of its XT250 ED-XRF for identification of counterfeit drugs in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Shimadzu Japan introduced the ICPE-9000 ICP emission spectrometer. Available in multitype and sequential […]
Stormy weather and difficult travel conditions delayed some weekend travelers to the tenth annual LabAutomation conference, which took place January 26–30 at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California. However, clearer skies prevailed on Monday, the first day of the conference’s scientific program and first full day of the exhibition. The Association for […]
XOS introduced the Clora benchtop analyzer for the determination of chlorides in liquid hydrocarbon samples using monochromatic WD-XRF. Cosa Instrument launched the Model CA/KF200 moisture meter for analysis down to 1 ppm. Mettler-Toledo introduced the HB43-S halogen moisture analyzer for routine moisture determination. PANalytical released the compact, cost effective MiniPal 4 Sulfur ED-XRF spectrometer. Agilent […]
The Russian Cabinet approved a plan (see IBO 5/31/07) to increase sales in Russia’s nanotechnology sector from RUB 7 billion ($273.9 million) in 2007 to RUB 900 billion, or 3% of the global nanotechnology market, by 2015. The plan will support research and increase the number of businesses involved in the sector. At present, there […]
Promega released the HaloCHIP System, an antibody-free alternative to chromatin immunoprecipitation. Varian introduced TOP-DNA and TOP-RNA for the purification of synthetic oligonucleotides. Sigma-Aldrich launched the mirPremier miRNA Isolation Kit for purification of miRNA within 30 minutes. Biosynth AG launched the fluorescence-based BCM MRSA ELF culture medium for detection of methicillin-resistant MRA in hospital and medical […]
East Hills, NY 1/29/08—Pall announced that it has completed its inquiry of the understatement of US federal income tax payments and the provision for income taxes from 1999 through 2006 (see IBO 8/31/07). The company found intercompany balances were due primarily to the sales of products by Pall Netherlands to Medsep, resulting in dividend income […]
A European assessment of drug research practices published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology has found that acute toxicity tests on animals are unnecessary. In Europe, slightly fewer than 500,000 rats and mice are used annually for toxicity testing. The report estimates that approximately 15,000 animals a year could be spared if the acute toxicity test […]
: Last month, the Chinese legislature passed a revision of its 1993 Science and Technology (S&T) Progress Law. According to the revised law, China’s overall R&D spending in the public and private sectors should increase steadily each year. Current plans state that China’s R&D spending will account for 2.5% of its GDP by 2020. The […]
Palm Springs, CA 1/27/08—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired nAscent Biosciences, a supplier of liquid handling consumables for drug discovery screening. NAscent’s PocketTip pipette tip features nanoliter metering and microliter diluting and can be used with a variety of liquid handling systems and handheld pipettors. According to Timo Hilden, vice president and general manager of Thermo […]
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