Columbia, MD 5/24/16—W. R. Grace has exited the majority of its lab LC media and columns businesses, retaining its VYDAC and DAVISIL media for process chromatography, Syloid FP excipients for drug formulations, and custom manufacturing of regulatory starting materials and intermediates. Hichrom will exclusively distribute VYDAC HPLC columns and has also acquired several Grace HPLC […]
Waltham, MA and Hillsboro, OR 5/27/16—Thermo Fisher Scientific has made an offer to acquire publicly held FEI for $107.50 per share, or $4.2 billion (excluding $400 million of FEI cash) in cash and debt. This is a 13.7% premium over the closing price on May 26. A designer and manufacturer of high-performance electron microscopes, FEI […]
A majority of large publicly held instrument and lab product companies maintained positive growth momentum in the first quarter due to sustained demand from biopharmaceutical markets, as well as strong life science and applied spending in China. Favorable pricing along with reduced currency headwinds further contributed to growth. As a result, combined calendar year first […]
Analytical instrument and lab product company executives’ expectations have diminished since last fall, according to the latest IBO Business Climate Survey. This is not a surprise considering updated macroeconomic forecasts. In April, the International Monetary Fund revised its January projections for global growth downward two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.2%. This followed a February […]
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