Laboratory glassware washers rely on a number of interactions. The mechanical action of the water creates a scrubbing effect, while the detergent chemically reacts with the contaminants to fully cleanse glassware. Other factors include water temperature and time. Proper water temperature is used to aid the chemical reactions, while sufficient time is required to complete […]
Company Announcements Genedata and Insilico Biotechnology integrated their respective Genedata Selector and Insilico Discovery simulation software to create an end-to-end platform for industrial biotechnology research. In September, ChemAxon opened a new East Coast headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ingenuity Systems partnered with Life Technologies in October to develop a joint solution for interpretation of molecular profiling […]
Company Announcements MTS Systems announced in July an agreement with the US Attorney’s General Office for the District of Minnesota settling for $7.75 million the Department of Justice’s potential claims against the company for its past disclosures on its government certifications and representations (see IBO 8/15/11). MTS Systems’ Test revenue for the fiscal year ending […]
Company Announcements Ultrasonix Medical agreed in September to supply Bioscan with specialized ultrasound imaging products for use in the preclinical imaging market. Illumina entered into a strategic alliance with Partners Healthcare in September to offer medical geneticists and pathologists infrastructure and networking tools to support the interpretation and reporting process for genetic sequencing data. The […]
Earlier this month, the Safe Food for Canadians Act became law. The move streamlines provisions of the country’s Food and Drugs Act, Fish Inspection Act, Meat Inspection Act, Canada Agricultural Products Act, and Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act into one law to reduce health risks and improve industry compliance. The Food and Drugs Act will […]
Spain’s R&D spending dropped 2.8% to €14,184 million ($19,700 million) in 2011 to make up 1.33% of GDP. R&D spending by the business sector fell 1.5% to account for 52% of spending. Spending by the higher education and public administration declined 2.9% and 5.7% to make up 28% and 20%, respectively. The public administration sector […]
This month, the Chinese government revealed the country’s first official plan to manage hazardous waste. A goal of the plan is to establish the amount and source of hazardous waste produced. In 2007, the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced conflicting figures on the amount of hazardous waste for which industrial sources were responsible. That year, […]
In this month’s “Short-Term Energy Outlook,” the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicted that global liquid fuel and crude oil demand will increase 0.9% in 2012 and 1.0% in 2013 to 89.9 million barrels per day (bpd). The supply of global liquid fuel and crude oil will increase 2.3% in 2012 and 1.1% in 2013 […]
The CDC’s Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS): Standardization of Clinical Testing workgroup has published recommendations for quality management for next-generation sequencing in clinical labs addressing accuracy in variant calling. The guidelines address test validation, quality control, third-party test assessment and reference materials. The workgroup sought approaches for a quality management system for analytical validity and compliance of […]
Nonculture diagnostic tests for foodborne pathogens, which are becoming more popular and determined nearly 15% of foodborne pathogen outbreaks in 2010, have advantages and disadvantages compared with traditional culture tests. The new nonculture tests, developed by firms such as Abbott Laboratories, BD, Cepheid and Luminex, can detect bacteria that culture tests cannot, such as the […]
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