Laboratory asset management (LAM) is an enterprise-level service that has become an important component of large, multinational companies maintaining accurate appraisals of their lab assets. It includes services such as scheduled and preventative maintenance, instrument repair, managing warranties, instrument and component purchasing, compliance and calibrations, instrument lifecycle planning, and instrument relocation. LAM services are extremely […]
Company Announcements Illumina reduced the price of its individual genome-sequencing service in June from $19,500 to $9,500. Fox Chase Cancer Center will use Life Technologies’ SOLiD system, the Ion Torrent sequencer and novel biological information technology systems as part of a new program to provide next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis of solid tumors. The program includes […]
Company Announcements Grant Instruments opened a regional office in Shanghai, China, in March. In April, Henry Schein, a provider of health care products to office-based practitioners, acquired Alpha Scientific. Alpha Scientific, a distributor of medical/surgical, pharmaceutical and lab products to physician offices and medical labs, had 2010 sales of $10 million. Bibby Scientific opened a […]
Company Announcements In April, Metrohm became the exclusive distributor of Analytik Jena’s analytical measurement products in India and Scandinavia. In May, Anton Paar opened its 14th foreign subsidiary in Malmö, Sweden, to serve Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In June, Corning hired Dr. Richard Eglen as vice president and general manager of its Life Sciences business. […]
Company Announcements Atago opened a Chinese branch in Guangzhou in March. Micromeritics Instruments (China) was incorporated in April as a full-service import/export company. The company currently has 25 employees located in four offices. In March, MTS Systems announced it was notified by the US Department of the Air Force that it is temporarily suspended from […]
Portable instrumentation is characterized by its small size and ability to be easily transported. The criteria for IBO’s Design Awards for portable analytical instruments is a weight of under 15 lb and the ability to be quickly and easily moved. The industrial designs of this year’s winners embody portability, with innovative designs that are notable […]
The IBO Design Awards for Laboratory Equipment reward unique, efficient industrial designs of laboratory equipment that receives an electrical current, can be used for at least a year and does not measure a sample trait. The equipment must be user-friendly, robust and dependable and enhance everyday use. A product’s design can emphasize these features to […]
The 2010 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends has found that EU-based companies expect their R&D investments to increase an average of 5% annually from 2010 to 2013. The survey is based on the response of 205 companies with combined R&D investments of nearly €40 billion ($57.7 billion) and an average of 1,250 R&D […]
China’s efforts to revamp its health-care system are attracting pharmaceutical companies to the country. In 2009, the government said it would invest CNY 850 billion ($131 billion) in the system and provide health insurance to 90% of citizens by the end of this year and to every citizen by 2020. The 2010 census found that […]
President Obama and Congress have reached a compromise on the US debt in the hope of digging the US out of its $1.5 trillion annual deficit, though its impact on science is not yet clear. The Budget Control Act of 2011 was signed into law on August 2. It contains about $917 billion in spending […]
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