Amersham, UK 9/8/08—The Photonics business of Halma’s Health and Analysis sector has acquired Fiberguide Industries for $14.5 million in cash and additional payouts based on targets. Based in Stirling, New Jersey, Halma designs and manufactures optical fiber cables and assembles, primarily custom-designed products for OEMs. Approximately half of the company’s revenues are from medical/biomedical, spectroscopic […]
In the second quarter of 2008, revenues for IBO’s Life Science Sales Index grew 11.0% to $2,358 million, while operating profit jumped 26.9% to $382 million and operating margin climbed 200 basis points to 16.2% of sales. Second-quarter sales for Beckman Coulter’s Life Science segment grew 9.3%, or 4.3% in constant currency, to $127.5 million […]
Sydney, Australia 9/4/08 and 9/9/08—Fluorotechnics, a provider of fluorescence labels and stains for life science research, has acquired the Gel Company. Based in San Francisco, California, the Gel Company offers more than 250 products for proteomics, cell culture, DNA sequencing, liquid handling, microarrays and PCR, including instrument accessories. “With Gel Co’s San Francisco distribution office, […]
Company Announcements Syngene appointed Varelas SA as its Greek distributor in July. Applied Biosystems added InteRNA Genomics BV and Biotique Systems to its Software Development Community for the SOLiD System. In July, in vivo imaging firm VisEn Medical received $3.5 million in venture debt financing from GE Healthcare Financial Services. Genomic Vision, which is developing […]
An innovation review delivered to the Australian government in August proposes changes in order to boost the country’s R&D spending from 0.55% of GDP to 0.75% of GDP by 2010. Among the proposals are the replacement of the current R&D tax credit, which offers companies an AUD 7.5 cents tax credit per dollar spent on […]
London, England 9/1/08—Andor Technology has received a counter offer to acquire the company from investment group Carraig Capital, which is offering 76 pence per share ($0.0138), or an estimated £22.7 million ($41.3 million), compared to an offer of 73 pence per share ($0.0133) from Thorndale (see IBO 8/15/08). In response, Andor withdrew its recommendation for […]
On the microscopic scale, the surface area of particles and materials has an important effect on their behavior. Since the surface of a material is the primary point of contact between it and the outside environment, this is where many chemical and physical effects take place. Combustion, dissolution, filtration, catalysis and other processes are sensitive […]
Company Announcements STARLIMS Australasia, which serves Australian and New Zealand, was established as a private company. STARLIMS established direct operations in Europe in August, following the May acquisition of its UK partner. Under a collaborative agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific is bundling and selling NextDocs’ Document and Compliance Suite, an enterprise document, quality and compliance management […]
In September, scientists from the Europe, Japan and the US announced the formation of the International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization (IANH). Using round robin experiments, the IANH will develop standard protocols for the toxicological testing of nanomaterials at the cell and animal levels. The protocols will be used for hazard assessment and to rank the […]
Equity investments in biotech companies fell 68% to $5.9 billion in the first half of 2008 compared to the first half of 2007, according to Recombinant Capital. The biggest decline was among public offerings, as only one biotech firm went public. Private offerings for public companies declined 76% to $2.8 billion, while offerings for private […]
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