Since the end of last year, it has been clear that capital expenditures by the semiconductor industry have been falling significantly. The first half of 2008 has done nothing to mitigate this pessimism and, if anything, the situation has grown more dire than originally expected. This was the general business climate that set the stage […]
Particle bombardment technology, also known as biological biolistics or bioballistics, is a nonviral, physical gene delivery method in which target cells are transfected using DNA-coated particles. Cornell University horticultural scientist John Sanford and cohorts developed the technique in the early 1980s. The technology is a very effective gene delivery method for plant cells, as it […]
Foster City, CA 7/1/08—Applera completed the spin off of Celera on June 1 (see IBO 2/29/08) and changed its name to Applied Biosystems.
Midland, MI 7/10/08; Philadelphia, PA 7/10/08—Specialty chemicals firm Rohm and Haas has agreed to be acquired by Dow for $78 per share in cash, a 48% premium to the stock’s 60-day average closing price, in a deal valued at $15.3 billion. Both Rohm and Haas and Dow are suppliers of resins for ion exchange chromatography. […]
Company Announcements ABB Switzerland merged its analyzer and software businesses for the cement and minerals industries in March, forming the Collaborative Production Management unit, which encompasses Expert Optimizer, Knowledge Manager and SpectraFlow solutions. Analytical NanoTechnologies acquired the Newton Galley Sampler manufacturing division of the Newton Industrial Group for £247,000 ($480,000). The Galley Sampler is a […]
Oakland, California 6/30/08—Corbett Life Science has filed a claim in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking declaratory judgment of noninfringement, invalidity and/or unefforceability of Applied Biosystems’ US Patent No. 6,814,954 (Instrument for Monitoring Nucleic Acid Amplification). In the claim, Corbett stated that the filing is in response to a letter […]
Santa Clara, CA 7/8/08—Agilent Technologies has acquired Particle Sizing Systems for an undisclosed amount. Particle Sizing Systems designs and manufactures instruments based on laser light scattering for the measurement of particle size and stability in materials. “With the growth of products based on nanomaterials—from medicines to diesel fuel catalysts—understanding the size of these particles is […]
Waltham, MA 7/1/08—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Open Biosystems, which provides RNAi, gene expression and protein detection products. Open Biosystems specializes in short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) and viral vector systems for delivering shRNA into living cells. The company had 2007 revenues of $14 million. Marijn E. Dekkers, president and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, stated, “The […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 7/1/08—QIAGEN NV has purchased Corbett Life Science for $66 million in cash, $4 million in restricted common stock, and milestone payments and other contingencies worth up to $65 million over four years. The purchase includes 82.5% of outstanding stock and the exercise of an exclusive purchase option for the remaining 17.5%. Headquartered […]
In calendar year 2007 (CY07), total R&D spending by 18 major analytical and life science instrument companies sustained strong growth, according to IBO’s annual survey of R&D expenditures, signifying a prudent commitment to the development of new products. R&D spending in US dollars by 18 instrument companies (see table, page 6) climbed 10.3% to $1.23 […]
Pay Invoice
Latest Blogs
-
New Report Details Higher Education Science R&D Spending
February 27, 2026 3:23 pm
-
Single Use Leads Bioreactor Market Growth
December 30, 2025 6:04 pm
Sitemap
Your Data and Privacy
About Us
IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) is a twice-monthly newsletter aimed at providing decision-makers with the latest and most complete information available on the life science and analytical instrument industry, and lab product markets. IBO delivers the latest curated industry news, information and trends, as well as SDi data and analysis to deliver the maximum in industry insight with a minimum time investment for executives and investors.
