In November, Axiom Analytical introduced the RFP-465 Multipass Raman Probe for vapor analysis. Its patented design boosts the sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy by up to an order of magnitude, according to the company. Unlike most probes, the RFP-465 has a reflector at its tip and a long pass filter at an orientation normal to the […]
BioInformatics LLC has announced the 2014 Life Science Industry Awards. BioInformatics is a research and advisory firm for the life science industry. BioInformatics acquired SDi in September. The Life Science Industry Awards were nominated and voted on by nearly 6,000 scientists through electronic surveys conducted in September and October. The Awards covered more than 25 […]
Company Announcements FEI opened a nearly 300,000 ft2, $38 million technology center in Brno, Czech Republic, in September. The facility expands the company’s operations in the city, employs around 600 people and is responsible for about 60% of the company’s electron-microscope production. In October, Yale University and Leica Microsystems opened a microscopy Center of Excellence. […]
Company Announcements In September, Qlucore named Commmugene as a distributor for South Korea. Vista Equity Partners agreed in September to acquire TIBCO Software for $24 per share, or $4.3 billion including the assumption of net debt. The acquisition was completed this month. TIBCO provides Spotfire software, which is exclusively licensed to PerkinElmer (see IBO 12/15/13) […]
Company Announcements In October, Horizon Discovery entered into a coexclusive distribution agreement with Haplogen Genomics, gaining access to cell lines to distribute a new high-throughput, affordable cell line–engineering service. New England BioLabs signed a supply agreement with TriLink BioTechnologies, for which it will manufacture and supply enzymes for in vitro transcription, capping and poly(A) tailing […]
Company Announcements PAC opened a technical facility in Shanghai, China’s pilot free-trade zone in October. The company also has a sales office in Shanghai. Third quarter organic sales for Danaher’s Life Science business grew in the low single digits, as positive demand in the US and Western Europe was hindered by funding delays in China. […]
Company Announcements Nanophoton announced in September that a Japanese intellectual-property high court upheld a lower-court decision rejecting Renishaw’s claims on patents related to Raman microscopy systems (see IBO 12/15/10). In September, Edinburgh Instruments added in direct sales support for the US. Perten Instruments opened an office in Winnipeg, Canada, in October. In November, Metrohm announced […]
Chancellor George Osborne has allotted £5.9 billion ($9.2 billion), £1.1 billion per year, over the next parliamentary term to research infrastructure. Half of the £3 billion for supporting labs will be awarded based on competition. “Grand challenges” will receive £2.9 billion. Of that amount, £800 million will go toward projects including chemistry and nanotechnology research, […]
The Russian government’s goals for the sciences call for an update to the country’s scientific system. The goals are for R&D financing to make up 1.77% of GDP, Russian scientific publications to constitute at least 2.44% of the global total and the income of Russian scientists to be 200% that of the average in their […]
As of the end of October, the US FDA had conducted 97 inspections of the more than 600 pharmaceutical plants in India registered with the US. It found that at many facilities producing medicines for export to the US, samples of drugs failing to meet quality standards for purity were retested rather than discarded. Failed […]
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