Core Informatics integrated ChemAxon’s chemoinformatics capabilities within its Core LIMS. Ariadne announced that GeneWorks will distribute its products in Australia and New Zealand. Validation company VALcoa entered into separate partnerships with Thermo Informatics and Labtronics. Thermo Fisher Scientific partnered with Integrador de Soluciones Tecnológicas to open a sales center for informatics solutions in Columbia and […]
Madison, WI 6/19/07—Roche has agreed to acquire microarray company NimbleGen Systems for $272.5 million. In 2006, NimbleGen posted revenues of $13.5 million and total losses of $8.3 million (see IBO 3/31/07). NimbleGen will join Roche’s Applied Science business, part of Roche Diagnostics, whose other research products include PCR instruments and reagents, and the recently acquired […]
PANalytical became the exclusive representative of OBLF GmbH’s optical atomic emission spectrometers in North America. PANalytical acquired the rights to the Wilis & Duncan course on advanced X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI), Shimadzu’s US subsidiary, assumed control of the sales, service and support for Shimadzu subsidiary Kratos Analytical’s X-ray spectrometer business in […]
The European Chemical Industry Council’s (Cefic) spring economic outlook predicts that EU chemical industry production, excluding pharmaceuticals, will grow 2.7% in 2007, up from 2.1% growth in 2006. In general, high oil prices had less of an effect on the chemical industry than expected and the year started well, with first quarter output rising 3.6% […]
Overall R&D investment by Spain was 1.03% of GDP—roughly half the EU-15 average—in 2005. Some members of the government believe the poor R&D investment is due in part to a lack of Spanish registered patents. To overcome this barrier, a program to stimulate patent registration, which aims to increase the number of European patents registered […]
According to a survey by BioSpectrum and the Association of Biotechnology-Led Enterprises published this June, the Indian biotechnology industry grew 30.9% to INR 85.4 billion ($2.1 billion) in Indian fiscal year (IFY) 2006 (ended March 31, 2007), and is expected to reach $5 billion by 2010. Exports grew an impressive 47.0% to INR 49.4 billion […]
Protasis introduced the Discovery High Throughput Structure Confirmation NMR Workstation, an automated MicroFlow NMR system for medicinal chemists, for use with Bruker or Varian NMRs and third-party confirmation and data archiving software. It features the Protasis/MRM CapNMR probe, Protasis One-Minute NMR software, the CTC/Leap PAL liquid handler, high-pressure pumps and web-based software for control. JEOL […]
West Chester, PA 6/20/07—VWR International has agreed to acquire Bie & Berntsen A-S, a Denmark-based distributor of laboratory supplies. Financial details were unavailable. Founded in 1992, the family-owned Bie & Berntsen A-S has annual revenues of around $27 million and employs 90 people. Managing Director Søren Kirkegaard will join VWR. “VWR’s expertise in chemicals, consumables […]
In June, the FDA announced a final rule that will require current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for dietary supplements. The rule was created to assure that supplements contain proper amounts of the correct ingredients and to avoid contamination by natural toxins, bacteria, pesticides or heavy metals. The final rule establishes quality-control procedures for supplement manufacturing […]
In 2006, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the energy industry totaled $566 billion, up from $372 billion in 2005. Already, the value of deals announced this year has reached $356 billion. While the recent pace of transactions is reminiscent of the merger boom of the 1990s, current M&A activity is not dominated by the companies […]
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