In the second installment of IBO’s twice yearly look at new laboratories, we examine nonprofit projects in the US, new pharmaceutical and contract research organization (CRO) labs, as well as new food testing and food R&D labs. Nonprofits and Medical Schools The three nonprofit institutions listed in the table on page 3 are among the […]
New rules for labeling fresh produce and meat by country of origin went into effect in the US on September 30. Manufactures have six months to comply with the rules. However, loopholes in the law exempt processed foods and mixed vegetables. In addition, labels on meat cuts can show more than one country of origin. […]
An X-ray diffraction (XRD) system transmits X-ray beams to a sample (generally a single crystal, metallic solid or a powder) and records the diffraction pattern that occurs when the X-ray photons encounter the inter-atomic gaps within the crystal structure. The results from the scattered photons are used to determine various properties of a sample, such […]
Company Announcements Cambridge Isotope Laboratories acquired the Spectra Stable Isotopes division of Spectra Gases, a subsidiary of Linde Gas, in July. Cambridge Isotope Laboratories agreed to distribute CellFree Sciences’ WEPRO Expression Kits and reagents for cell-free protein production for NMR and MS applications in North America and Europe. Anaspec licensed its HiLytePlus and HiLyte Fluor […]
Company Announcements Kromasil announced earlier this year that it stopped selling analytical bulk material to independent column packers and is now only using a network of distributors. In September, Chromatide partnered with Kromasil, an Akzo Nobel brand, to develop silica-based HPLC media with an emphasis in the area of chiral purification. YMC opened an office […]
San Diego, CA 9/23/08—Sequenom has agreed to acquire the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act–approved molecular pathology lab, for approximately $4.0 million, less CMM’s cash at closing. Ninety percent of the purchase price will be paid in stock. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, CMM is a joint venture of nonprofit health […]
On the microscopic scale, the surface area of particles and materials has an important effect on their behavior. Since the surface of a material is the primary point of contact between it and the outside environment, this is where many chemical and physical effects take place. Combustion, dissolution, filtration, catalysis and other processes are sensitive […]
Company Announcements In April, FOSS A/S opened a sales subsidiary in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai with four branch offices and 15 employees. FOSS’s subagent Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments will provide service for the dairy industry. CDEX announced three new distributors: Virtus Trading for Kuwait; GRIFOLS International for Spain, Portugal and Italy; and EURAF […]
Equity investments in biotech companies fell 68% to $5.9 billion in the first half of 2008 compared to the first half of 2007, according to Recombinant Capital. The biggest decline was among public offerings, as only one biotech firm went public. Private offerings for public companies declined 76% to $2.8 billion, while offerings for private […]
Is 2008 the year of the microarray scanner? It could very well be with at least five new scanners hitting the market by year end. The timing coincides with the introduction of higher density DNA microarrays. With more probes per chip, probe size is smaller, requiring higher resolution scanning. In addition, new software designed for […]
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