Santa Clara, CA 7/8/08—Agilent Technologies has acquired Particle Sizing Systems for an undisclosed amount. Particle Sizing Systems designs and manufactures instruments based on laser light scattering for the measurement of particle size and stability in materials. “With the growth of products based on nanomaterials—from medicines to diesel fuel catalysts—understanding the size of these particles is […]
The 31st meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) was held from June 30 to July 4 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Codex, an organization formed by the World Health Organization and the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Commission, sets food standards designed to be used as references for countries in creating their own guidelines. Thirty […]
In calendar year 2007 (CY07), total R&D spending by 18 major analytical and life science instrument companies sustained strong growth, according to IBO’s annual survey of R&D expenditures, signifying a prudent commitment to the development of new products. R&D spending in US dollars by 18 instrument companies (see table, page 6) climbed 10.3% to $1.23 […]
Oakland, California 6/30/08—Corbett Life Science has filed a claim in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking declaratory judgment of noninfringement, invalidity and/or unefforceability of Applied Biosystems’ US Patent No. 6,814,954 (Instrument for Monitoring Nucleic Acid Amplification). In the claim, Corbett stated that the filing is in response to a letter […]
China has proposed new patent laws that may make filing a patent in the country harder, but challenging a domestic patent easier. One of the new laws would require a foreign firm to file a Chinese patent first for any invention originating in the country. Many other countries have a similar requirement. However, the penalty […]
First-quarter revenues for the IBO Lab Equipment/Consumables Index grew 10.5% to $887.72 million. Operating profits improved 14.8% to $265.8 million, and operating margin climbed 110 basis points to 29.9% of sales. Favorable currency transactions continued to increase revenue growth for a majority of companies in the Index. However, despite positive results from businesses, such as […]
Company Announcements JEOL USA named Boeckeler’s RMC Products Division, a microtome manufacturer, as a distributor of its Cross Section Polisher sample preparation tool. More than 4,000 units of the Polisher have been sold worldwide. Carl Zeiss opened an SGD$30 million ($22 million) demonstration facility in Singapore in March. Carl Zeiss SMT opened its new 53,000 […]
France has selected the 10 project locations that will receive increased funding as part of President Sarkozy’s Operation Campus plan to raise the international visibility and status of French universities. In total, the projects encompass 39 universities, 17 schools and 650,000 studies. The projects are located in: Bordeaux, involving the Center Research and Higher Education […]
Company Announcements Precision System Science, reagent company Diagenode SA and Nippon Gene announced plans to develop an automated epigenetic system. Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, PhD, and Steven St. Peter, MD, resigned from Helicos Biosciences’ Board in May. Helicos BioSciences named Stephen P. Hall senior vice president and CFO in May. He was formerly CFO of TriPath […]
According to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and New Energy Finance, R&D expenditures for renewable energy and energy efficiency totaled $16.9 billion in 2007, up from $16 billion in 2006. Corporate R&D accounted for more than half of this spending, rising 8% to $9.8 billion, based on the expenditures of […]
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