Cellular Dynamics to Be Acquired

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Tokyo, Japan and Madison, WI 3/30/15; Tokyo, Japan 3/30/15—Fujifilm has agreed to acquire Cellular Dynamics (CDI) for $307 million in cash, or $16.50 per share, a 108% premium to CDI’s March 27 closing price. CDI develops and manufactures fully functioning human cells, including iPSCs, in industrial quantities to specification. In 2014, CDI generated $16.7 million […]

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New Products at Pittcon: Part 2

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Atomic Spectroscopy HORIBA updated its XRF-based sulfur-in-oil analyzer with the SLFA-6800, available in a single-sample arrangement or with an eight-position carousel. One improvement is the removal of lead from the circuit board. The system will begin shipping in May priced at about $38,000. JEOL’s benchtop JSX-1000S ElementEye for ED-XRF measurements was introduced late last year. […]

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FY15 Federal Funding Update

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Published this month, the Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) report entitled “Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2016” provides updated government estimates for the fiscal year 2015 (FY15) (October 1, 2014–September 30, 2015) US federal government R&D budget. These numbers update the American Association for the Advancement of Science estimates for FY15 federal R&D spending published in […]

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