The annual JP Morgan Healthcare conference held in early January is a major investor conference for health care companies, including instrument and lab-product companies. Several such companies presented business and strategy updates at the conference, highlighting their successes of the past year and plans for 2015. The information in this article is based on online […]

TOC analysis is a technique for measuring the total concentration of carbon from organic sources in water. For environmental processes, it is often used to assess the amount of organic impurities in public water sources to ensure safe levels. Measurement of TOC requires the conversion of a sample’s carbonaceous material to carbon dioxide. Most analyzers […]

Product Introductions Metrohm launched in September 2014 the 912 conductometer, 913 pH Meter and 914 pH/conductometer for lab and field use. Hanna Instruments released in October 2014 the HALO pH probe with Bluetooth Smart technology. In November 2014, Mettler-Toledo launched the Seven2Go portable pH meter for one-handed operation. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced in December 2014 […]

Company Announcements Horizon Discovery named Tegent Scientific as its exclusive distributor for China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Alpaqua Engineering signed a distribution agreement in October 2014 with NimaGen for the EU and certain neighboring countries for magnet plates and accessories. Pressure BioSciences signed a three-year, exclusive distribution agreement with Powertech Technology for China. AutoGen named […]

Company Announcements NanoString Technologies signed a multiyear, multi-investigator research collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to accelerate the translation of genomic biomarker discoveries into clinical cancer diagnostics. NanoString retains the right to license diagnostic content developed within the scope of the collaboration. Affymetrix exclusively licensed technology from Peptide Groove that enables HLA typing of human […]

Company Announcements Protein Metrics exclusively licensed Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s lipid-analysis software. Waters welcomed in October 2014 Colorado State University at Fort Collins’ Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility into its Center of Innovation Program. The facility applies nontargeted proteomics and metabolomics using LC/MS to advance food and veterinary science, and clinical and microbacterial research. Advion announced […]

Company Announcements Horizon Discovery named Dr. David Smoller, chief business officer, to its Board in November 2014. TriLink BioTechnologies appointed inVentis Technologies as a distributor for India. BioPointe Scientific named Cambio as its UK distributor. Cellular Dynamic appointed Susan A. Willetts to its Board in November 2014. She is an advisory director of Goldman, Sachs […]

Company Announcements Bruker announced on its third quarter 2014 conference call that its divestiture of certain GC and GC/MS assets (see IBO 10/15/14) and its ICP-MS (see IBO 8/15/14) business generated approximately $28 million in proceeds. As part of the CAM restructuring, Bruker is relocating GC triple-quadrupole MS manufacturing from Fremont, California, to Bremen, Germany, […]

Since IBO’s recent article on 2015 economic forecasts (see IBO 1/15/15), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a revision of its October 2014 “World Economic Outlook.” According to the update, which was released earlier this month, the factors influencing the change are the drop in oil prices, the economic downturn in major economies other […]

The Chinese government has outlined plans to promote innovation and streamline administration of science and technology programs. According to Zhao Lu of the Ministry of Finance, the plan would affect more than 90 programs with total funding of more than $13.1 billion. The programs are now administered by over 40 government bodies, according to the […]