Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that the HHS will undertake a review of US government policies for vaccine development and responses to public health issues. The review will be completed early next year. The review will focus on improving vaccine production, which has most recently led to shortages […]
Third-quarter 2009 Life Science Index sales grew 1.0% to $2,357.62 million. Operating profit climbed 10.9% to $420.02 million, and operating margins gained 160 basis points to 17.8% of sales. Affymetrix’s third-quarter revenues fell 4.0%, 2.5% on a currency-neutral basis, to $78.2 million due to lower instrument sales. Product revenue improved 0.3% to $66.2 million, including […]
Lansing, MI 12/1/09—Neogen has acquired Gen-Probe’s BioKits food safety business, which includes more than 50 test kits for food allergens, meat and fish speciation, and plant genetics. The business also offers testing services. Terms were not disclosed. The business is expected to generate $3 million in revenues this year and has 25 employees based in […]
Poway, CA 12/7/09—NEXUS Biosystems, a provider of automated sample management systems, has acquired Aurora Biotechnologies, a developer of high-performance microplates for sample storage, high-throughput screening and cellular imaging. Financial details were unavailable. “As we head into 2010 with the Aurora technologies, we are very excited about the opportunity to expand our product reach beyond automated […]
Santa Clara, CA 12/7/09—Cell Biosciences, a provider of protein analysis technology, has acquired Protein Forest, the maker of the ProteomeChip product line for protein fractionation, for an undisclosed amount in an all-stock transaction. In connection with the purchase, Cell Biosciences raised $4 million in equity financing, led by Novo A/S. “The digital ProteomeChip product line […]
Hopkinton, MA 12/14/09; Hudson, NY 12/14/09—Caliper Life Sciences has sold its Xenogen Biosciences subsidiary to lab rodent provider Taconic Farms for $11 million. Xenogen provides in vivo preclinical CRO services, 90% of which relate to animal production and phenotyping services. Caliper stated that the business is not essential to its IVIS instrumentation business. “This sale […]
Woburn, MA 12/2/09; Bergen, Norway 12/9/09—Electrochemistry instrument supplier Nova Analytics has acquired Aanderaa Data Instruments AS (AADI) through its Nova Analytics Deutschland GmbH subsidiary. The sale was completed on November 30. Financial terms were not disclosed. AADI designs, manufactures and sells sensors, instruments and systems for measuring and monitoring environmental parameters, with a primary focus […]
Toronto, Canada 12/11/09—MDS has announced that it has been served with a Notice of Application from PerkinElmer regarding MDS’s sale of its Analytical Technologies business to Danaher (see IBO 9/15/09). The sale requires the consent of PerkinElmer, with which MDS has a joint venture for the development and manufacturing of inductively coupled plasma–MS (ICP-MS) systems. […]
Thermal desorption is considered one of the most sensitive and environmental friendly sample introduction techniques for GC and GC/MS. Thermal desorption is used for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-VOCs. Thermal desorption systems have been available for more than two decades and have shown few technical advancements in recent years, making them […]
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released its updated “NSF Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development FY 2007–2009” (see IBO 2/15/08 for fiscal 2008 projections) detailing the R&D spending and “R&D plant” spending by 27 federal agencies for fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2009. R&D plant expenditures are spending for facilities construction, acquisition […]
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