The credit crisis could affect the ability of biotech companies worldwide to raise new funding. Although venture capital funding for biotech did not slow last year, some observers believe the criteria for such investments will become stricter and competition between late- and early-stage companies for such funding could increase. Last year, funding for biotech and […]
Woburn, MA 4/1/08—BioTrove, a supplier of microfluidic-based laboratory instruments for genomic analysis, has filed with the SEC for an IPO of its common stock on the NASDAQ exchange. Pricing and timing details are yet to be determined. The company sells the Open Array system for multiplex PCR analysis in research and diagnostic applications, and the […]
Fourth-quarter sales for the Lab Equipment/Consumables Index gained 9.8% to $865 million, while operating profits improved 15.7% to $243 million. Operating margin for the same period improved 150 basis points to 28.1% of sales. For the year, Index sales rose 11.0% to $3,284 million, operating profits increased 20.3% to $700 million and operating margin jumped […]
The new National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) will receive AED 100 million ($27 million) per year from the UAE government. Part of the Ministry and Higher Education and Scientific Research, the NASR was started in order for the UAE to be recognized by the international scientific community and to promote scientific research through cooperation […]
Migdal Ha’emek, Israel 4/15/08—Jordan Valley Semiconductors has acquired the assets of X-ray diffraction metrology company Bede, which went into administration last month (see IBO 3/31/08). “The acquired technology will fit into our product line almost seamlessly and will strengthen Jordan Valley’s position as the market leader in X-ray metrology,” stated Jordan Valley CEO Isaac Mazor.
The EU is continuing its focus on maintaining its position as a top ranking R&D region. According to Eurostat, the UK, Germany and France were responsible for approximately 60% of total R&D expenditure in the EU in 2006. For that year, 1.84% of the EU’s GDP, €212 billion ($265 billion), was spent on R&D. The […]
Uganda’s parliament is set to review the country’s first National Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy, which was passed by the nation’s cabinet on April 2. Along with granting commercialization rights to GM crops, if passed, the law could regulate medical diagnostics, industrial microbiology and biochemical engineering. However, the approval for research of GM crops has been […]
The analytical and life science instrument industry has a new number one company. As a result of the acquisition of Fisher Scientific in November 2006 (see IBO 11/15/06), Thermo Fisher Scientific overtook Applied Biosystems in 2007 to become the world’s largest provider of analytical and life science instruments and aftermarket products, based on IBO’s calculations. […]
Set to launch at the end of this year, a Chinese research program on genetically modified (GM) crops could receive $1.4 billion dollars from the government over the next five years. According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), 114.3 million hectares of GM crops were planted worldwide in 2007, an […]
The adoption of MALDI-TOF MS for imaging applications is a major recent development in the MALDI market. Such applications are leading to the rise in demand for sample preparation and data analysis software that are specific to MALDI imaging. Applications lie squarely in the life sciences area, primarily in histopathology. The market for MALDI imaging […]
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