Singapore’s gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) fell 15.2% to SGD 6.0 billion ($4.6 billion) in 2009. Business expenditure on R&D fell to SGD 3.7 billion ($2.8 billion), a decrease of 27.3%. Business spending on basic research fell 11.3% to SGD 398.3 million ($307.7 million), on applied research grew 2.2% to SGD 1.11 billion ($849.8 million) […]
Western pharmaceutical companies are relying on different tactics to expand in the second-largest emerging market for drugs. For AstraZeneca, Brazil is one of the first locations for its plan to offer off-patent drugs. GlaxoSmithKline is catering to a variety of customers with discounts for off-patent branded generics, over-the-counter dermatological products and placing sales representatives in […]
Following a deal with states and environmental organizations, the US EPA plans to set New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and refineries, which account for 40% of such emissions. The EPA’s current greenhouse gas regulations, which take effect January 2, 2011, focus on energy efficiency and apply to cars, […]
Global spending on R&D is expected to increase 3.6% in 2011 to nearly $1.2 trillion, according to Battelle Memorial Institute and R&D Magazine’s joint analysis. It is estimated that the Americas, Asia and Europe will account for 38%, 35% and 23% of R&D spending, respectively. R&D Magazine’s 2011 Global Research Study surveyed 378 predominantly private […]
New estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show the instances of food poisoning in the US dwindling, largely due to improvements in research and new data. Annually, about 48 million Americans, or one in six, become sick due to foodborne illnesses, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. About 38 million cases […]
This month, the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act became law. First passed in 2007, the America COMPETES Act provided funding for science agencies and research (see IBO 8/15/07). Although the new law specifies funding amounts for federal science agencies, it is unlikely that these amounts will be appropriated due to the new Congress that […]
Ettlingen, Germany 12/21/10—Bruker has acquired Sigma ElectroOptics GmbH, a developer and producer of remote gas-sensing systems based on dispersive and FT-IR spectroscopy. The company’s 2010 revenues are expected to be €1 million ($1.3 million). “With the additional Sigma high-performance products, and the acquired intellectual property and applications know-how, Bruker is planning to become an even […]
Milford, MA 12/21/10—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired TKA Wasseraufbereitungssysteme GmbH, a provider of laboratory water purification systems. Financial details were not disclosed. Based in Niederelbert, Germany, TKA had 2009 revenues of €10 million ($14 million = €0.72 = $1) and has 60 employees. “The demand for ultrapure water, in particular, is driven by the ever-increasing […]
Madison, WI 12/14/10; Santa Clara, CA 12/15/10—Affymetrix announced that the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has granted the Company’s motion for summary judgment that it does not infringe two Illumina patents: US Patent Nos. 7,510,841 (Methods of Making and Using Composite Arrays for the Detection of a Plurality of Target Analytes) […]
St. Louis, MO 12/30/10—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Cerilliant from Argenta Partners for an undisclosed amount. Based in Round Rock, Texas, with 65 employees, Cerilliant provides high quality reference standards and materials for the clinical diagnostics, environmental, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, forensic and clinical toxicology markets. Sigma-Aldrich stated that the acquisition would complement […]
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