Company Announcements Chromatide announced further investments by Enterprise Ventures and Alliance Fund Managers. GE Healthcare is collaborating with Celestial Biologicals to set up India’s first GMP-compliant fully integrated chromatography-based plasma fractionation facility. The facility is based in Ahmedabad. Agilent is providing technical support for the development of Aurora SFC Systems’ Fusion A5, which converts HPLC […]
In April, all major US stock indexes climbed higher despite weak economic data and mixed first-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ finished the month up 7.3%, 9.4% and 12.3%, respectively. The markets shrugged off higher than expected unemployment claims, increasing foreclosure rates and the report of a 6.1% annual decline […]
Microfluidics, or lab-on-a-chip systems, have been somewhat pigeonholed as being a technology for capillary electrophoresis, particularly with the success of the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer and Caliper Life Sciences’ LabChip products. However, the use of microfluidic technology in LC has grown rapidly during the past several years. Agilent introduced the first chip-based LC/MS system in 2005, […]
Appeals US federal appeals courts have ruled on two long running patent infringement cases involving Applied Biosystems and Waters. Last fall, the US District Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on appeals brought by Cohesive Technologies (now Thermo Fisher Scientific) and Waters related to Cohesive’s 1998 suit against Waters (see IBO 12/15/98). In […]
The University of Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe Research Center are set to merge following final government approval this summer. The new entity will be named the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and will be the largest research center in Germany. The KIT will include Europe’s largest center for energy research, with expertise in nanoscale and […]
This year, the EPA will begin to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), which was established in 1998. Initially, 67 pesticide active ingredients and high-production volume chemicals used as pesticide inert ingredients will be screened. Tier 1 of the EDSP will screen the substances for interactions with estrogen, androgen or thyroid hormone systems. Substances […]
Since 2006, the Japanese government has steadily invested in neuroscience research. On an annual basis, the government provides ¥30 billion ($290 million) to brain science, or 7% of its budget for the life sciences. Efforts include the formation by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Council for Science of a Brain Science […]
In its fiscal budget released this month, the UK announced the creation of a $1.1 billion Strategic Investment Fund. The Fund is designed to support exports, R&D and investment in the UK. The Technology Strategy Board will receive $72 million from the Fund to invest in potential high-growth fields, such as life sciences and low […]
The EPA plans to regulate greenhouse gases. Agency studies found that carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride are public health hazards. Source: New York Times
Jena, Germany 4/30/09—Analytik Jena AG will acquire Biometra GmbH from Whatman GmbH, which is owned by GE Healthcare, in an all-cash transaction. Further financial details were not disclosed. Biometra develops and provides products for thermocycling, electrophoresis, blotting, gel imaging and hybridization. The company’s sales in recent years have been steady at around €9.0 million ($13.2 […]
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