Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) is a technique in materials characterization that measures the response of a material to a mechanical force. An applied mechanical force provides a stress on the material, and the material’s resulting reaction, or strain, can be quantified. A simple example is the compressive strain equivalent to the relative change in length […]
Bad Timing for Agilent Agilent Technologies fiscal second quarter sales ending April 30 contracted 2.5% to $963 million due to stronger-than-expected currency headwinds and divested product lines. In addition, timing of orders and shipping delays from the new Americas logistics center negatively impacted revenue growth by $30 million, or 3.0% of revenue growth. In spite […]
Sales for the IBO Analytical Instrument Index, which is comprised primarily of broad-based global analytical instrument businesses, declined 2.2% to $3,578 million. Excluding currency headwinds of 4.4%, Index sales grew 2.2%, driven by sales of LC and LC/MS, as well as demand from pharmaceutical and biopharma customers for Agilent and Waters. Demand for materials characterization […]
First quarter IBO Life Science Index sales advanced 6.3%, 7.1% excluding currency to $3,110 million, primarily due to Il-lumina’s strong sequencing revenues. Excluding Illumina, Index sales grew 2.7% or 2.8% on a currency-neutral basis. Overall, pharmaceutical and biopharma sales were strong for a majority of companies in the Index, especially for bioprouction within Thermo’s Life […]
Company Announcements In March, ImmunoReagents announced a strategic alliance to market ProteoVec’s PV-Pure Ig microscale antibody purification kits for binding a wide range of recombinant monoclonal and human/animal-source polyclonal immune globulins. The product is based on chromatographic purification resin to which an advanced peptidomimetic ligand is affixed. In April, Pressure BioSciences entered into a collaboration […]
Company Announcements Full-year 2014 sales for Horizon Discovery climbed 79.1% to £11.9 million ($19.5 million) (see IBO 4/15/15). Sales benefit-ed from acquisitions, as well as demand for genome-editing services and molecular diagnostic reagent products. Products and Services revenues jumped 39.4% and 151.6% to make up 29% and 60% of sales, respectively. Sales for the Leveraged […]
Company Announcements In March, QIAGEN signed a commercial agreement with GATC Biotech to provide GATC clients with full access to its Ingenuity Variant Analysis solution. The access includes interpretation services and direct access as a feature of GATC’s services. In April, QIAGEN announced a reseller agreement with BGI to provide its Ingenuity Variant Analysis in […]
Beginning in the autumn, the European Commission will receive advice on scientific policy from a panel of seven senior scientists instead of a single chief scientific advisor. This change, developed by EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas, is an effort to resolve conflict over who is best suited to advise the EU on potentially controversial matters, […]
This month, China’s State Council revealed “Made in China 2025,” a plan to elevate China’s global position in manufacturing. The plan is the first in a series of three, which by 2049 are meant to establish the country as “a leading manufacturing power.” China’s premier, Li Keqiang, said at the annual session of the National […]
An April survey of member companies of the German Association of Biotechnology Industries has revealed that the industry expects a small rise in revenues in the second half of 2015. Of the responding companies, 84% predicted improved business. More than 80% of respondents experienced increased sales since the beginning of this year, and 16% reported […]
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