Personal image-based cell analyzers integrate the basic principles of high-end cellular imagers and flow cytometry systems into compact, lower-cost instruments, which are oftentimes designed for multiparameter cellular analysis. These instruments utilize fluorescence or trypan blue as the primary form of detection, allowing scientists to detect and obtain a wide array of cellular parameters, including cell […]
The IBO Laboratory Sales Index has been updated from the February 28 issue. For the fourth quarter of 2011, Index sales grew 7.8%, 7.4% excluding currency, to $6,374.87 million. Operating profit climbed 16.2% to $1,442.69, and operating margin rose 60 basis points to 20.5% of sales. For the full-year 2011, revenues grew 9.1%, 7.1% organically, […]
Company Announcements Brooks Automation announced its January the acquisition of the Celigo Cell Cytometer product line from Cyntellect for up to $9.2 million. The acquisition includes the majority of employees. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced in January a collaboration with De Novo Software to provider FCS Express 4 Image Cytometry software users with access to data […]
Company Announcements Freeman Technologies established a US subsidiary in January. Dynisco announced in February the purchase of the assets of China’s Shanghai Hao Ying Measurement and Control Technology, which will make and sell products under the Hao Ying brand and Dynisco brand names. Brookfield Engineering Laboratories and Indian distributor Amkette Analytics opened an advanced application […]
Company Announcements Fluidigm in February appointed AH diagnostics as its exclusive Scandinavian distributor. Life Technologies named Asuragen a Certified Service Provider for Ion Torrent’s Personal Genome Machine. Pacific Biosciences’ 2011 sales rose 19.2% to $33.9 million (see page 12), as it sold 48 instruments to 45 customers. The company’s backlog was comprised of 16 instruments. […]
Company Announcements In December 2011, Gilson launched the PIPETMAN M Multichannel, a new electronic and motorized extension of the PIPETMAN M family. It was designed for use with 96- and 384-well microplates and is available in 8 and 12 channels for volume ranges of 1–20 µL and 20–200 µL. BaltCap completed in December 2011 a […]
Company Announcements Earlier this year, Fluke, a Danaher business, acquired India-based TTL Technologies, a distributor of test and measurement products, analytical instruments and laboratory products. Sigma-Aldrich appointed Jan Bertsch as executive vice president and CFO effective March 5. Previously, she was vice president, controller and principal accounting officer at BorgWarner. Sigma-Aldrich opened packaging and quality […]
Four UK research councils—the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC), the Economic and Social Research Council and the Medical Research Council (MRC)—along with the Technology Strategy Board have released a report reviewing UK regenerative medicine research. The report details the 353 grants totaling £72.6 million ($115.1 […]
Nepal’s Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has requested that all Nepalese drug firms implement GMP standards issued by the World Health Organization by midmonth. Currently, 60% of Nepal’s 40 drug firms adhere to GMP regulations. Ensuring that all firms are compliant will allow Nepal to participate in the industry on a global scale, according to […]
Founded in 2008, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) network utilizes crowdsourcing and open innovation to develop new drugs. Platforms like this are an essential alternative to drug firms for developing drugs for neglected diseases, said T. Balganesh, who spearheads OSDD’s drug development unit and is the former head […]
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