Darmstadt, Germany 3/3/09; Boca Raton, FL 3/3/09—AppliChem GmbH and Akron Biotechnology have merged, with Akron Biotech taking over AppliChem’s operations in the Americas on March 2 and adopting the AppliChem name. AppliChem offers biochemicals and reagents. Akron Biotechnology manufactures stem cell culture products. Dr. Claudia Zylvberberg will remain president and CEO of AppliChem.
LabKey Software approaches instrument data storage, sharing and analysis by way of web-based remote access. The company was formed in 2005 through a partnership between software developers and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), after the FHCRC decided to develop a way to store and share large volumes of instrument data based on an […]
Nearly half of life science companies plan to focus on “breakthrough products and niche markets” in order to mitigate R&D risk, according to a survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the Economist Intelligence Unit. The survey is based on responses from 360 life science industry executives from healthcare services (23% of respondents), pharmaceutical R&D (22%), […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker AXS unveiled the D2 Phaser, which puts desktop X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis into a smaller, lower-power package. With a fast detector, the powder diffraction system will be priced at $95,000; a simpler detector brings the price down to $70,000. The system will be available in three months. Innov-X has begun exclusive distribution […]
New York, NY 3/12/09—Enzo Biochem has acquired substantially all of the assets of Assay Designs for $12.2 million in cash. Assay Designs provides kits and reagents for the detection and quantification of small molecules and proteins that are important in inflammation and immunity, oxidative and cellular stress, steroid and hormone biology, cell signaling, and bioenergetics. […]
Expectations for Pittcon were low this year. A worldwide recession and an ailing instrument market tempered any belief that the show’s attendance would rise dramatically. However, the fact that the conference took place in Chicago provided some hope that attendance figures would improve from last year, when the show was held in New Orleans, Louisiana […]
Increases in National Health Service spending and other government funds for translational research has lead UK institutes to focus on moving medical research into the clinic more quickly. England is facing competition for medical research and clinical trials from the Asia-Pacific region. According to the Centers for Medicines Research, the number of patients enrolled in […]
Every year, IBO selects the top three new products at Pittcon. A new product is defined as one introduced late last year or in 2009. The top new products are selected based on technological advancement, potential for commercial success and innovation. This year, two products gained notice due to their technical capabilities. Bruker BioSpin’s DNP-NMR […]
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) reports that Singapore, Sweden, Luxembourg, Denmark and South Korea are the most competitive and innovative nations out of the 40 nations/regions examined. The study is based on 16 indicators in six categories: human capital, innovation capacity, entrepreneurship, IT infrastructure, economic policy and economic performance. The US ranks sixth, […]
Fourth-quarter 2008 IBO Life Science Index sales rose 1.7% to $2,416 million, while operating profits improved 1.3% to $435 million, and operating margins declined 10 basis points to 18.0% of revenues. For the year, Life Science Index sales grew 9.2% to $9,422 million. Operating profit climbed 15.6% to $1,556 million, and operating margins improved 90 […]
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