Despite market volatility and anemic economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ improved 1.0%, 1.3% and 0.2% in July, respectively. US equity markets came under pressure due to weak retail and employment figures, as well as mixed earnings reports. Slowing economic data from Japan and China, along with rising Spanish and […]
Impact testing is used to measure the toughness of materials, particularly plastics and metals, as well as the toughness of coatings that may be applied to these substances. Other samples include composites, glasses, concrete, and other construction and manufacturing materials. Toughness in this context is a specific property of various materials and is defined based […]
Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California, hosted the Semicon West semiconductor and electronics tradeshow from July 10 to 12. As it has in the past few years, the conference was held in conjunction with the Intersolar solar energy show, held at Moscone West over the same days. Preliminary totals from the organizing body, the […]
In June, BD Biosciences, which holds the largest share in the flow cytometry market, released the BD FACSJazz Cell Sorting System, an entry-level flow cytometer. A stream-in-air cell sorter, the FACSJazz utilizes the same Accudrop technology for determining drop delay as BD’s more advanced cell-sorting systems, the FACSAria and Influx, but occupies just 20 x […]
Company Announcements Agilent announced in April a comarketing agreement for GC Image’s LCxLC Edition software. In April, YMC established a subsidiary in Taiwan. Semba Biosciences announced in May that it will distribute ChromWorks’ Simulation Software. In June, SiliCycle announced the acquisition of Chromatography Sciences Company (CSC). LEWA exclusively licensed Bayer Technology Services’ EcoPrime process HPLC […]
Company Announcements In April, Horizon Technology named Axel Semrau its newest German distributor. Target Discovery expanded its strategic technology license and supply agreement with Pressure BioSciences for clinical lab testing services for the extraction of membrane protein biomarkers from human tissue. In May, Pressure BioSciences signed a strategic codevelopment, comarketing and coselling agreement with LEAP […]
Company Announcements ZyGEM entered into an OEM agreement for the incorporation of its enzymatic RNA extraction technology into Quanta BioSciences’ quantitative PCR kits. In May, LaserGen named Mimi Healy, PhD, CEO. She was previously CEO of Bacterial Barcodes. BioCellChallenge named Bulldog Bio as its exclusive US distributor. Affymetrix announced in May that it will distribute […]
New general guidelines issued by India’s biotechnology department and drug regulator on biosimilars will take effect August 15. The guidelines, which took five years to develop, are the country’s first for biosimilars. The guidelines state that to develop biosimilars, firms should consult an original product authorized in India or a product approved and sold in […]
Company Announcements IONICON Analysis named Omega Scientific as a distributor for Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. In March, CAMO Software partnered with Optimal Industrial Automation to offer together their respective Unscrambler X and synTQ Lite software for life science. In April, Guided Wave named Susan Foulk, vice president of Operations, president. In May, MKS Instruments appointed […]
According to independent charity Nesta’s Innovation Index, which was released this month and provides data about UK private-sector spending from 1990 to 2009, €124.2 billion ($203.6 billion) was spent on intangible assets, consisting of “R&D, design, organizational improvement, training and skills development, software development, advertising and market research, and other knowledge investments” in 2009. The […]
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