Chicago, IL 9/10/10—Celsis In Vitro (Celsis IVT) announced that the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has entered a preliminary injunction against CellzDirect, part of Life Technologies’ Invitrogen business, due to their infringement of US Patent No. 7,604,929 (see IBO 6/30/10). The Patent relates to methods for producing multi-cryopreserved hepatocytes and methods […]
White Plains, NY and College Station, TX 9/14/10—ITT, a high technology engineering and manufacturing company, has entered into a definite agreement to acquire OI Corporation for $29 million. ITT will purchase all outstanding shares of OI for $12 per share, a 42.9% premium to OI’s closing price on September 13. OI provides total organic carbon […]
Sales of analytical instruments for security and safety are continuing to grow steadily. One important facet of this market is bio-based detection, which consists of two primary segments: nucleic acid amplification, commonly known as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and other biochemical technologies. The information comes from the Strategic Directions International report “Chasing Disaster: Analytical Instrumentation […]
As with most business sectors, lab and inspection companies’ revenues suffered in 2009 as the economic crisis hurt testing volumes and revenue growth. According to IBO’s examination of the results of five of the largest publicly held contract testing companies, revenues are improving this year as business returns to normal. In aggregate, these firms operate […]
Laser capture microdissection (LCM) is a method used to isolate cells from bodies of cells and tissues by utilizing IR and/or UV lasers. LCM was first introduced in 1996 by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and was primarily used to isolate cell groups from fixed tissues. It was not until recently that the […]
As it evolves, UVP plans to continue its mission to be the market leader for bioimaging systems, designing and developing systems and related software as applications in fluorescence, chemiluminescence and luminescence imaging evolve. The Upland, California–based company was founded as Ultra-Violet Products in 1932 by Thomas Warren to manufacture handheld lamps. Since then, the company […]
With the pickup in global merger and acquisitions activity this year, certain segments of the lab products market have gained new attention. Specifically, two companies providing specialty chemicals for lab research, such as reagents, buffers, acids and HPLC solvents, have attracted new owners, which hope to capitalize on specialty applications, geographic expansion and the increase […]
Company Announcements Chip-Man Technologies appointed Ionovation GmbH as its German distributor. Nanion Technologies GmbH announced in April that a European Patent Office’s (EPO) Board of Appeal overturned a decision to uphold EP No. 1 040 349 owned by Molecular Devices, stating the patent must be amended to exclusively describe a positioning method using electrical fields […]
Company Announcements Merck Millipore updated its 2010 nonGAAP guidance for Millipore as a stand-alone company, estimating that revenue will increase 8.8% to $1,800 million and operating income will grow 18.8% to $405 million. In June, the University of California San Diego, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Life Technologies initiated stem cell research on […]
Company Announcements Bio-Works agreed to provide agarose-based chromatography gels for use with Knauer GmbH’s BioFox line of separations columns for protein purification. Bio-Works will provide prepacked columns and bulk media. PAC and Metrohm are working together to develop combustion IC applications using their respective MultiTek and IC systems. Product Introductions Gilson launched the PLC 2020 […]
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