The inherent characteristics of NIR spectroscopy make it a logical choice for process analysis applications. As with other spectroscopy techniques, NIR offers instantaneous noncontact analysis of liquids and powders, and is able to perform analyses through glass. Relative to mid-infrared spectroscopy, NIR can penetrate much further into a sample, which makes it more amenable for […]
In the January 31 issue of IBO, the first Executive Briefing on page 2 discussed the divestment of four businesses required by the EU for approval of Agilent’s purchase of Varian. IBO incorrectly identified that Varian’s micro GC business would be sold. It is Agilent’s micro GC business that will be divested.
The importance of a company’s web site for sales and marketing is common knowledge. For life science research consumables, online sales and marketing are especially important. Rapid advances in the life science field, as well as the specialization and customization of reagents, kits and consumables used for life science research make purchasing online a natural […]
Foster City, CA and Ontario, Canada 2/1/10; Carlsbad, CA 2/1/10; Ontario, Canada 2/1/10; Washington, DC 2/1/10—Danaher and MDS have announced the completion of Danaher’s acquisition of MDS Analytical Technologies for $650 million in cash (see IBO 9/15/09), which includes the acquisition of MDS Sciex and Life Technologies’ MS joint venture. The new company for the […]
Software as a Service (SaaS) is an on-demand software model, which allows users to subscribe to and access a variety of software applications via the Internet, instead of a physical on-site installation. In the case of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), users can configure the LIMS and access data through a web browser. The LIMS […]
Company Announcements Transgenomic licensed Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Cold-PCR technology, including the exclusive right to commercialize it combined with Sanger sequencing and the right to use it for mitochondrial DNA analysis. Cepheid named Nicolaas Arnold executive vice president of Worldwide Commercial Operations in October 2009. Most recently, he was regional vice president for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics […]
Company Announcements Polestar Technologies appointed Hanley Measurement and Control as a distributor for Ireland and the UK, and Sani-Tech West as a US distributor for California, Oregon and Washington. Sensorin named Dr. James A. Wilkins, former director of Technology Assessment and Transfer at Genentech, as chief technology officer. In November 2009, Galvanic Applied Sciences closed […]
Company Announcements Thermo Fisher Scientific announced in November 2009 that Inverness Medical Innovations ended its supply agreement for Biosite diagnostic products effective July. Annual revenues from the agreement are expected to be $200 million in 2009 and less than half of that in 2010. An agreement with a new supplier is expected to generate $40 […]
Waters recently unveiled the latest addition to its family of ACQUITY Ultraperformance LC (UPLC) systems, the H-Class. It joins the suite of products, which includes the original ACQUITY UPLC system, the nanoACQUITY system and the PATROL UPLC process analyzer. In terms of product performance, the H-Class bridges the gap between Waters’s Alliance HPLC and ACQUITY […]
Company Announcements Polychromix selected Anaytik as its exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland. Datacolor AG’s revenues for the year ended September 30, 2009 declined 29.2% to CHF 51.2 million ($46.0 million). Operating loss was CHF 2.5 million ($1.8 million), compared to a profit of CHF 2.7 million ($2.5 million) a year ago (see IBO […]
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