Company Announcements Inficon’s 2008 Emergency Response & Security sales rose 58.5% to $27.9 million to make up 11% of company revenues. Inficon’s first-half Emergency Response & Security revenue declined 49.0% to $7.4 million due in part to delayed shipments. Lower European and military sales were partially offset by an increase in environmental sales in Asia. […]
Company Announcements DNR Bio-Imaging Systems named Berthold Technologies a distributor. Innovative Biosensors entered into a manufacturing and development agreement with Thermo Fisher Air Quality Instruments for its BioFlash Biological Aerosol Collection, Detection and Identification System. Thermo will also have a sales, marketing and distribution license under the Thermo Scientific brand in certain markets. In August, […]
Company Announcements Microsoft announced that it is no longer selling Rosetta Biosoftware’s Rosetta Resolver, Syllego and Elucidator software (see IBO 6/15/09). These products’ capabilities will be integrated into its Amalga Life Sciences platform. Microsoft named Les Jordan, technology strategist for the Life Sciences Industry Unit, director of the BioIT Alliance in June. The formation of […]
Company Announcements The Agilent Foundation announced in July a collaboration, including scientific and financial support, with the Ideker Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego to develop new leukemia identification methods. Sartorius AG named Reinhard Vogt, who is in charge of Marketing, Sales and Services, and Jörg Pfirrmann, who is in charge of Finance, […]
Earlier this month, the Canadian government announced CAD 75 million ($69 million) in funding over three years for food safety, building upon last year’s $113 million investment. To improve the detection of foodborne-illness risks, a national public health surveillance system will be implemented. In addition, the country’s existing lab network will be strengthened and the […]
Australia’s Business Expenditures on R&D (BERD) increased 14.6% in current prices for the year ended June 30, 2008 to AUD 14,380 million ($12,517 million). The business sector contributed 95% of spending, the government sector contributed 3% and overseas sources provided 1%. Experimental development accounted for 62% of R&D spending, applied research for 32%, strategic basic […]
South Korean spending on R&D increased 10.2% last year to $28 billion to make up 3.37% of GDP, according to a government survey conducted between March and July this year. The public and private sector represented 26.8% and 72.9% of 2008 R&D expenditures, respectively. Foreign R&D represented 0.3%. By source, private companies, public research institutes […]
The World Economic Forum’s “Global Competitiveness Report 2009–2010” ranks Switzerland as the most competitive country, followed by the US, Singapore, Sweden and Denmark. Rankings were based on a Global Competitiveness Index, which is composed of 12 pillars of competitiveness, including innovation. Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland were rated the highest for innovation capacity. Switzerland, […]
Emerging Markets Online estimates that $1 billion has gone into algae research for fuel since 2007. Algae require little land to grow, can capture carbon dioxide and can even be grown in wastewater. However, algae’s low yields, contamination and harvesting present challenges. This summer, ExxonMobil, in partnership with Synthetic Genomics, announced a six-year $600 million […]
An investigation by The New York Times has found that violations of the US’s Clean Water Act have increased in recent years, and that the majority of violators are not punished. The Clean Water Act regulates more than 100 pollutants. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) sets limits for 91 chemicals or contaminants in tap […]
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