Sustained quantitative easing measures in the US, Japan and China, along with better-than-expected earnings reports and jobless claims toward the end of April, helped elevate the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 to new highs this month. However, equity markets came under pressure earlier in the month due to slower manufacturing and durable goods […]
Rapid DNA analysis is a new technology designed to identify DNA samples in 90 minutes or less. The traditional method of performing DNA analysis involves several different platforms: sample preparation by extraction; amplification by PCR; separation, oftentimes by capillary electrophoresis (CE); and DNA identification by UV absorbance or fluorescence. This process generally takes over 10 […]
In March, NanoSight began shipping its NS300 nanoparticle characterization system, a smaller and less costly alternative to its NS500. The systems utilize nanoparticle tracking analysis technology based on automated digital microscopy to provide the size distribution and concentration of nanoparticles from 10 nm to 2000 nm in size in liquids. At 23 x 39 cm […]
Company Announcements SISCAPA Assay Technologies appointed Ian Wright, former head of the Strategic Innovation group at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, and Gustavo “Gus” Salem, former vice president and general manager of LC/MS at Agilent, to its Board in January. Thermo Fisher Scientific and the National University of Singapore’s Environmental Research Institute formed a collaboration to study […]
Company Announcements Trinean entered into a license agreement in February with PerkinElmer for certain microfluidic technologies in the field of UV-Vis quantification analysis. In February, CyVek secured a $5.5 million in financing in a Series D round. IntegenX named Scientific Analytical Tools Trading an exclusive distributor for the Middle East. Sphere Fluidics closed a $2.5 […]
Company Announcements Sigma-Aldrich’s BioReliance business named Archie Cullen, former vice president of Sigma-Aldrich SAFC, president in March. BioReliance agreed to acquire the colonies required for the Big Blue transgenic rodent mutation assay, the first in vivo genetic toxicology mutation assays to be approved by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and obtain a license […]
Company Announcements Man-Tech added distributors in Mexico, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Portugal, Italy and Spain. Hanna Instruments opened a new sales offices and distribution center in Switzerland in April. Product Introductions Kyoto Electronics Manufacturing introduced in January the MKH-700 Hybrid Karl Fischer Moisture Titrator, featuring automated switching between measurement modes. Mettler-Toledo launched the compact, […]
Product Introductions In March, Bruker expanded its NMR CryoProbe Prodigy TCI product line to include products for 500 MHz and 700 MHz systems. Bruker released a Chemometrics Module for raw materials screening using its Assure-RMS NMR software solution. Bruker introduced the CMC 2.0 workflow and spectral interpretation software suite, featuring improved integration of automated acquisition, […]
Research funding in Poland grew 66.7% to more than PLN 4 billion ($1.3 billion) from 2010 to 2012. The number of approved projects fell from 33% to 20% over the same time period. In 2012, 3,200 research grants were awarded, which was a 33.3% decrease from 2010 levels and a 40.7% decrease from 2011 levels. […]
As part of Canada’s fiscal 2014 (FY14) budget, the government will fund research partnerships between academia and industry with CAD 37 million ($37 million) in both fiscal FY14 and FY15. The amount includes CAD 15 million each year for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Strategy for […]
Pay Invoice
Latest Blogs
-
Lab Instrument Sales in China Collapse
March 29, 2024 1:15 pm
-
Pittcon 2024 Comes to San Diego
February 14, 2024 1:10 pm
Sitemap
Your Data and Privacy
About Us
IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) is a twice-monthly newsletter aimed at providing decision-makers with the latest and most complete information available on the life science and analytical instrument industry, and lab product markets. IBO delivers the latest curated industry news, information and trends, as well as SDi data and analysis to deliver the maximum in industry insight with a minimum time investment for executives and investors.
