Canadian science and technology (S&T) spending for biotechnology increased 4.6% in 2008 to $921 million to account for 9% of federal S&T expenditures. Twenty-nine percent of federal S&T spending for biotech went to in-house activities and 71% went to extramural performers. The higher education sector received 80% of extramural funding. Among S&T activities, R&D received […]
Petrochemical projects in the Middle East are facing delays. In many cases, financing is in doubt. State-sponsored projects are an exception, although the time line of some projects has been extended. However, the delay benefits producers as construction costs continue to fall. Middle Eastern petrochemical firms also are expected to remain active in mergers and […]
Company Announcements KineMatik named Michael G. Jarjour president and CEO in January. Previously, he was vice president of Global Marketing for Organon. Genomatrix Software GmbH joined the Illumina-Connect program in January. Labtronics licensed the KnowledgeTree Document Management Software for bundling with its LimsLink application as a cobranded Nexxis SDMS product. Sciformatix entered into a partnership […]
Company Announcements AMS and Westco Scientific Instruments acquired Unity Scientific, an NIR solutions provider, in fall 2008. Doug Evans remains president of Unity Scientific. Guided Wave acquired Aspectris, a supplier of encoded photometric IR and NIR systems to OEM customers and for selected target applications, in fall 2008. A2 Technologies licensed Boeing’s patents for the […]
The US markets experienced another volatile month in March, but managed to ignite a sharp recovery after reaching new lows on March 9. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ finished the month up 7.7%, 8.5% and 10.9%, respectively. Investor sentiment turned cautiously optimistic following a report that Citigroup recorded a significant operating […]
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