Water, the most commonly used reagent/solvent, is one of the simplest compounds, yet it is also one of the most complex. There are many different types of contaminants found in water: inorganics, like magnesium and calcium; microorganisms; and suspended particles. Many techniques are used to remove impurities from water. The oldest and most basic method […]
Company Announcements Millipore named Dr. Robert S. Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, to its Board. He replaces Dr. Daniel Bellus. PerkinElmer OneSource, which provides an integrated service suit, and VWR are developing a joint offering for multivendor maintenance and qualification services. PerkinElmer’s Chief Administrative Officer Richard F. Walsh announced he will […]
Company Announcements ATCC announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Biological Industries for Israel. Affomix is providing the City of Hope with recombinant antibodies that are designed to be readily tagged with oligonucleotide “zipcodes,” making them compatible with next-generation sequencers. City of Hope will generate proteomic profile characteristics of a number of cancers. In January, VisEn […]
Company Announcements Fluxion Biosciences added DI Biotech as a Korean distributor for the BioFlux, and Novel Science as a distributor for Japan for the BioFlux and IonFlux. Beckman Coulter entered into a five-year agreement in December 2009 to distribute CompuCyte’s laser-scanning cytometers. The agreement is exclusive outside of North America. Cyntellect named four new exclusive […]
The instruments that would become J-KEM Scientific’s first offerings were not designed to be purchased. Before Robert Elliot, founder and president, started the company in 1987, he was the leader of a herbicide discovery research group at Monsanto. At the time, his electronics hobby led him to develop instruments for his group, including a temperature […]
Company Announcements Ascenion GmbH acquired shares in Photonion GmbH, a company founded by scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München, as well as Airsense Analytics GmbH and Tofwerk AG. Photonion is developing an MS system for direct analysis of complex organic materials, liquids and gases that utilizes a soft photoionization source based on vacuum UV light sources. […]
It is never easy choosing the top three new products exhibited at Pittcon. There are always many to choose from and several that stand out for technical advancements, innovative features and new configurations. IBO judges new products based on originality, technical achievement, and potential for commercial success. This year, our three choices are each the […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker introduced the Q2 ION at its Pittcon press conference. The Q2 ION is a compact benchtop arc-spark spectrometer. It is a cost-effective complement to handheld XRF for metals analysis at smaller foundries and recycling centers. The system is now available at a price of roughly $35,000. Following the success of its Terra […]
Fourth-quarter 2009 IBO Life Science Index sales rose 10.7% to $2,747.35 million, including 5% growth from currency transactions. Operating profit soared 20.3% to $550.05 million. Operating margins climbed 160 basis points to 20.0% of revenues. For the year, Index sales grew 2.1% to $9,683.69 million, including a 2% decline from currency. Operating profit grew 10.3% […]
Männedorf, Switzerland 3/4/10—Laboratory automation provider Tecan announced in its 2009 earnings release that it is “exploring a wide range of strategic alternatives” for its Sample Management business. The business primarily consists of REMP, which Tecan purchased five years ago for CHF 92 million ($73.3 million) (see IBO 6/15/05). REMP provides compound storage systems, consumables, software […]
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