A hearing held late last month by the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Science, Space and Technology presented new details on the status of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) research funding. The table below, based on hearing documents, provides an update. ARRA Science and Technology Funding as of November 15, 2011 Total Available […]
This year proved to be difficult for lab product– and instrument-related IPOs (see table). The year’s largest debut was Fluidigm (see IBO 2/15/11). Jiangsu Skyray Instruments listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext Market (see IBO 1/31/11), Microsaic Systems listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Market (see IBO 4/15/11), and Norton Scientific debuted in […]
PCR has been around for more than 25 years. As bench space becomes more scarce, the demand for more miniaturized PCR systems has grown. Handheld and portable PCR systems, which were introduced to the market in the early 2000s, add a variety of applications not possible with benchtop PCR systems. In vitro diagnostics and point-of-care […]
Due to the IBO January 15, 2012, forecast issue, a condensed version of the third-quarter IBO Lab Equipment/Consumables Index is presented in this issue. Third-quarter revenues for the Index grew 6.4%, 4.2% organically, to $3,834.8 million. Operating profits rose 4.9% to $707.2 million. Adjusted operating margin improved 50 basis points to 17.7% of sales. Kewaunee […]
Surface zeta potential measurement used to require its own instrument. Now, Malvern Instruments has introduced the Surface Zeta Potential (SZP) cell, an accessory for Malvern’s Zetasizer Nano systems (the Nano Z, Nano ZS or Nano ZS90), which characterize nanoparticles and colloids. The cell allows the measurement of a sample in liquid. The cell began shipping […]
Company Announcements QuantuMDx Group received an exclusive license in October to several Nanosys patents and patent applications related to the use of nanostructures for biosensors, including field effect transistors biosensors, for the use for DNA sequencing and detecting nucleic acid biomarkers associated with disease. In October, Fluidigm appointed Research Instruments/RI Technologies as its distributor in […]
Company Announcements In September, the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences exclusively licensed its Underway Aiming System ocean light measurement software to Satlantic. Product Introductions WTW, a Xylem firm, launched the new inoLab 7110 series for measuring pH and conductivity without electronic documentation; the 7310 series for measuring pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen (DO) with documentation; […]
Company Announcements In December, the Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI, which was formed by the California Institute of Technology and CEA-Leti, launched Analytical Pixels. The company will design, manufacture and bring to market GC systems based on nanoelectromechanical system sensors. Product Introductions In October, Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the TraceGOLD GC Column with Safe Guard, which […]
Company Announcements On October 15, Bernd Brust resigned as president of Molecular Medicine at Life Technologies. Illumina named Dr. Daniel S. Grosu, MD, to the newly created position of vice president and chief medical officer in late October. He was previously group director, Clinical Science, Clinical and Medical Affairs at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics. On October 31, […]
Company Announcements In December, Analytik Jena announced that as part of its sales partnership with Japanese firm Techno-X, its Japanese subsidiary will offer instruments for X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF). The goal is to achieve sales of €1.5–€2.0 million ($2.0–$2.7 million) in fiscal 2012. Analytik Jena will fully incorporate Techno-X’s sales team into the sales structure […]
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