Company Announcements Proxeon integrated its EASY-nLC system software with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Xcalibur software and became a Thermo Fisher Scientific Virtual Instrument Partner. Varian and Flora Research Laboratories formed an alliance in October 2008 to advance the implementation of LC/MS for complex dietary supplement analysis. JASCO released drivers for Applied Biosystems/MDS Analytical Technologies’ Analyst software […]
Only half of the 21 companies in the IBO Laboratory Sales Index reported fourth-quarter earnings before the publication of this issue of IBO. For the 11 companies, revenues improved 1.0%, operating profits grew 3.5%, and operating margins improved 60 basis points to 21.9% of sales. Companies, such as Ilumina, Luminex and QIAGEN, sustained strong sales […]
Company Announcements Nanosurf AG appointed RL Artal as its official agent for Hungary and Anamet SRO as its distributor for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Nikon Instruments signed a value-added reseller agreement to sell the ChromoDynamics’ HSi-300 Hyperspectral Imaging System with its Eclipse 90i and Ti series of microscopes. The System addresses the removal of […]
Seahorse Bioscience was founded in 2001 with the purpose of developing products to measure drug-induced metabolic changes. The company’s focus shifted, however, when it became clear that there was a need to update the standard technology for cellular bioenergetic measurement in diabetes and obesity research. Clark electrodes, or variations of Clark electrodes, have been used […]
Milford, MA 2/2/09—Waters announced that it has acquired the remaining outstanding capital stock of Thar Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thar Instruments is a manufacturer of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) systems and products, with annual revenues of approximately $18 million. The acquisition is estimated to be neutral to Waters’s 2009 earnings. […]
Loveland, CO 2/10/09—Hach announced that it has acquired OPS Systems and the assets of WaterEye. Based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, OPS provides water-related reporting and analysis, preventive maintenance and LIMS (laboratory information management solutions) software solutions for water, wastewater and industrial plant operations. WaterEye provides web-based information management solutions. As a result of the […]
As the US stimulus bill nears passage, the focus on federal government funding of R&D has increased. It is hoped that the stimulus funding will make up some of the declines in US federal R&D funding this fiscal year (see IBO 10/15/08). The drop in federal R&D funding, when adjusted for inflation, over the past […]
Company Announcements The Mathworks opened an office in Bangalore, India, in November 2008. PerkinElmer integrated its LABWORKS LIMS with Labtronics’ LimsLink and LimsLink Express software. Geospiza acquired VizX Labs’ GeneSifter Data Analysis for gene expression analysis from in November 2008. Ocimum Biosolutions agreed to distribute Clarmon’s QAvalid compliance management solution for automating quality and compliance […]
Last year was another year of upheaval for R&D operations at the top pharmaceutical companies. Big pharma continued to undergo extensive changes as firms sought to increase the odds of successful drug discovery and development, while reducing R&D costs, in order to maintain profitability as drug patents expire. In addition, new CEOs at Eli Lilly […]
According to a December 2008 survey by Clinical Laboratory News, the US recession is taking a toll on clinical labs. The e-mailed survey received 254 responses with 63%, 20% and 16% of respondents representing hospital labs, academic medical centers and reference labs, respectively. Thirty-three percent of survey respondents indicated that their labs’ budgets had been […]
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