Santa Clara, CA 3/7/16—As part of its effort to create an NGS workflow for clinical applications, Agilent Technologies has acquired a 48% stake in Lasergen for $80 million. Lasergen is a developer of nucleotide chemistries, including Lightning Terminators for NGS. Agilent also has an option to acquire the remainder of the company until March 2, […]

Companies continue to sharpen their focus on integrated solutions and workflows to increase lab productivity and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. At this year’s Pittcon, IBO spoke with executives at MilliporeSigma, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Each company has recently reorganized executive responsibilities to reflect an emphasis on the integration of workflow […]

After a five-year absence from Atlanta, Georgia, Pittcon returned to the city this year from March 6 to March 10. Attendance figures as of the end of the day on March 9 showed that conferee attendance declined 14.9% to 6,890. Exhibitor attendance was down 12.6% to 5,064. With Europe’s largest analytical instrument show, Analytica, taking […]