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 investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has drawn attention to the dumping of unused pharmaceuticals by the US’s 5,700 hospitals and 45,000 nursing homes. Based on records from 14 hospitals in Minnesota, the AP estimated that a minimum of 250 million pounds of drug waste are disposed of annually through sewer systems. Other sources […]
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 YSI named Dr. Edward King vice president of R&D and chief technology officer in June. In July, PerkinElmer named Alan Fletcher, PhD, vice president of business development for the Life and Analytical Sciences business with the responsibility for growing the Bio-discovery business. He joined the company from GE Healthcare. GE appointed John Dineen, […]
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 […]
The Chinese government will begin dispersing funds this October for two major research programs that were initially announced two years ago. Although a final figure has yet to be released, observers estimate that $880 million will be allocated for drug discovery research and $440 million will be available for infectious disease research. The projects will […]
According to La Merie Business Intelligence, the top five Japanese pharmaceutical companies in terms of 2007 total sales were: Takeda Pharmaceutical ($12.5 billion), Astellas Pharma ($9.0 billion), Daiichi Sankyo ($8.2 billion), Eisai ($6.8 billion) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical ($3.8 billion). The only firms among the top 20 with sales declines last year were Daiichi Sankyo (-5.3%), […]
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT received a $400 million endowment from Eli and Edythe L. Broad to permanently establish the Institute as a nonprofit organization. Founded in 2004, the Institute was initially created as a venture experiment with $100 million in funding from the Broads, who donated an additional $100 million in 2005. […]
Company Announcements In April, FOSS A/S opened a sales subsidiary in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai with four branch offices and 15 employees. FOSS’s subagent Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments will provide service for the dairy industry. CDEX announced three new distributors: Virtus Trading for Kuwait; GRIFOLS International for Spain, Portugal and Italy; and EURAF […]
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 […]
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