Santa Clara, CA 11/16/09—Agilent Technologies has acquired MassCode technology from Eurofins MWG Group for an undisclosed amount. MassCode Tags are small molecules with unique molecular weights that are used to screen for specific pathogens. Tags are attached to DNA primers corresponding to microbial sequences. The primers are used to amplify nucleic acid using PCR. The […]
Sequential improvements in quarterly revenue growth provided some good news for major, publicly held analytical and life science instrument and laboratory product companies in the calendar-year third quarter. But despite the trend, revenues were down year over year for seven of the nine companies whose results are presented in the table on page 10. Fourth-quarter […]
R&D investments by 2,000 of the world’s largest companies grew 6.9% in aggregate in fiscal 2008, compared to 9.0% growth in fiscal 2008, according to the European Commission’s “2009 EU Industrial R&D Scoreboard.” The Scoreboard tracks R&D spending by 1,000 EU and 1,000 non-EU firms. The economic downturn’s effect on these industrial sectors is not […]
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