The combination of infrared (IR) spectroscopy with optical microscopy is not a particularly novel concept. However, technological advances have significantly advanced this subset of IR spectroscopy into a more widely applicable analytical technique. The pairing of IR spectrometers with optical microscopes is a technique that has been used for the better part of two decades […]
Waltham, MA 11/11/08—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Raymond A. Lamb, a manufacturer of histology and anatomical pathology products. Raymond A. Lamb’s products include systems that automate the labeling and tracking of slides and cassettes. The company had 2007 revenues of $9 million and is a supplier to Thermo Fisher. “Our anatomical pathology customers—in both clinical […]
Company Announcements Agilent granted imaGenes GmbH the status of Certified Service Provider for Expression Profiling Services. Agilent named Turku Center for Biotechnology of University of Turku and Abo Akademi University a Certified Service Provider for gene expression microarrays. Affymetrix entered into a distribution agreement for Biotique Systems’ XRAY gene expression analysis software. Under a collaboration […]
Waltham, MA 11/10/08—PerkinElmer has announced that it will refocus its business into two areas, Human Health and Environmental Health, beginning January 1, 2009. The Human Health business will include the company’s Genetic Screening, Bio-discovery and Medical Imaging operating units and will be led on an interim basis by company President and CEO Robert Friel. The […]
West Chester, PA 11/11/08—Laboratory product distributor VWR International has signed a distribution agreement with Corning Life Sciences that will take effect in January 2009. Corning Life Sciences manufacturers microplates, laboratory glassware and plasticware for cell cultures and liquid handling, as well as filtration devices. “In a committed effort to provide our customers with structured choice […]
Company Announcements JEOL’s Scientific Instrument sales for the year ended March 31 declined 39.3% to ¥39,090 million ($341.0 million) (see IBO 9/15/08), as strong sales of transmission electron microscopes were offset by declining sales of X-ray fluorescence systems. Industrial Equipment sales rose 46.5% to ¥54,799 million ($479.8 million), led by sales of scanning electron microscopes. […]
After 30 years, and a 2005 court order, last month, the US EPA finalized new primary and secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead. The new primary and secondary standards for lead each tighten the limits of concentrated lead from 1.5 µg/m3 to 0.15 µg/m3 . The primary standard is the standard set […]
Major pharmaceutical companies, including GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Eli Lilly and Roche, are increasing their research operations in China. China offers scientific talent, many contract research organizations (CROs), lower costs and a fast-growing drug market. By 2020, the country is predicted to be the world’s second largest drug market. For many of these companies, China offers a […]
In the third quarter of 2008, revenues for IBO’s Laboratory Instrument Sales Index slowed to a growth rate of 8.1%, reaching $4,576 million, while operating profits grew 15.1% to $778 million, and operating margin climbed 100 basis points to 17.0% of sales. Despite strong revenue growth from Illumina, Luminex and QIAGEN NV, other companies such […]
It was another year when one major deal in the analytical instrument and laboratory products industry dwarfed the size of other deals. Invitrogen’s $6.7 billion acquisition of Applied Biosystems was this year’s mega-deal, bringing together the largest supplier of life science consumables with one of the largest supplier of instruments for life science research (see […]
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