May’s inaugural meeting of the India Chemical Council highlighted the 8.9% growth for the country’s chemical industry from 2006 to 2007. The industry has revenues of $50 billion, not counting refining and fertilizers, which contribute $100 billion in sales a year. A leading sector is the pharmaceutical industry, which account for 22% by value of […]
The 56th American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS) was held at the Denver, Colorado, convention center from June 1 to June 5. The ASMS meeting continued its trend of increasing attendance, which was up close to 2% to 6,569. The number of exhibitors dropped by 12 to 171 […]
Over the past decade, the process of visualizing and analyzing electrophoresis gels has been significantly improved, to say the least, by advancements in imaging/documentation systems and analysis software. These advanced gel-imaging systems are instrumental in comparative proteomics and biomarker discovery. Gel-imaging systems take pictures of two-dimensional (2D) electrophoresis gels and store the digital image, which […]
In the second multibillion dollar deal in the analytical instrument industry in less than two years, Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems announced on June 12 a $6.7 billion merger agreement (see page 2). The merger will create the industry’s largest company and the dominant supplier for life science research. The deal brings together the industry’s largest […]
Carlsbad, CA and Foster City, CA 6/12/08—Invitrogen and Applera have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Invitrogen will acquire Applied Biosystems (ABI) for $6.7 billion. The combined company will be named Applied Biosystems and is forecasted to have annual sales of $3.5 billion and a major presence in the genetic analysis, proteomics, cell biology […]
A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outlines approaches to two scenarios for cutting global carbon dioxide levels by 2050. In the ACT scenario, which was introduced in 2006 and has now been revised, the levels of carbon dioxide would be reduced to 2005 levels by 2050 through a change in current energy […]
In a yearly report released earlier this month, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced progress on pollution reduction. In 2007, sulfur dioxide emissions fell 4.66%. Organic pollutant emissions into water systems, which were measured by chemical oxygen demand testing, dropped 3.14%. However, other pollution rose. The percentage of coastal waters with the worst ratings for […]
IBO has selected Waters’ new Xevo triple quadrupole LC/MS as the best new product from this year’s ASMS meeting. While this new benchtop system certainly has a modern look, consistent with its name, it is the collision cell technology on the inside that made IBO take notice. The Xevo’s novel collision cell design enables it […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced changes to its peer review system for grant applications that are to be instituted over 18 months. The changes focus on four priorities: accessing the best reviewers, increasing review quality and transparency, guaranteeing fair reviews, and creating a permanent review process for peer review. As part of […]
San Diego, CA 6/5/08; Washington, DC 6/9/08—Beckman Coulter and Orchid Cellmark have filed a patent infringement suit against Sequenom in the US District Court of the Southern District of California. The suit alleges that Sequenom’s iPLEX products for SNP genotyping infringe three patents exclusively licensed to Beckman Coulter by Orchid Cellmark: US Patent No. 5,888,819 […]
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