Costs for oil discovery equipment and labor have kept pace with rising oil prices over the years, and are expected to drive prices higher yet. Cambridge Energy Research Associates estimates that capital expenditures for exploration in the oil industry have gone up almost 80% since 2000. In comparison, the average price of West Texas Intermediate […]
Artifex Engineering introduced the IRS-E series of mid-IR spectrometers for industrial metrology. Process Systems Enterprise released a suite of software facilities and services for high-fidelity modeling of batch, semibatch and continuous pharmaceutical operations. Thermo Fisher Scientific launched the CB Omni PGNAA analyzers for the composition analysis of raw materials in the cement manufacturing process. Thermo […]
Laboratory equipment tends to be the humble workhorse in a lab. While it does not perform the high-profile work of measuring and analyzing samples, research simply could not be done without it. Traditionally, aesthetics have not been a priority in the design of lab equipment. The decision by a laboratory equipment manufacturer to improve the […]
In July, the FDA released its revised draft guidance for in vitro diagnostic multivariate index assays (IVDMIAs). The FDA issued a previous guidance last year (see IBO 11/15/06). The draft guidance’s language has been revised to clarify the definition of an IVDMIA and provides examples of tests that are and are not IVDMIAs. The revised […]
In March, Enzo Biochem announced that the US Board of Patents and Interferences entered judgment in its favor for its patent application for nucleic acid signal amplification over two Princeton University patents. The Chido Companies, owner of Clean Air Labs, established a strategic partnership with Roche Diagnostics to set a DNA-based standard for mold detection […]
his month, the Turkish Statistical Institute published the results of its “2005 Research and Development Activities Survey.” According to the results, gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) in 2005 was TRY 3.83 billion ($2.83 billion), or 0.79% of GDP. The higher education sector was responsible for 54.62% of 2005’s R&D expenditure, business enterprises—which includes state […]
Carestream Health, consisting of Kodak’s former Health Group business (see IBO 1/15/07), officially began operating as an independent company in May. 454 Life Sciences and the Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre are collaborating on the characterization of tropical organisms and diseases. Axela Biosensors entered into a licensing and supply agreement for BioCheck’s reagents for use as […]
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