As with most business sectors, lab and inspection companies’ revenues suffered in 2009 as the economic crisis hurt testing volumes and revenue growth. According to IBO’s examination of the results of five of the largest publicly held contract testing companies, revenues are improving this year as business returns to normal. In aggregate, these firms operate […]
Laser capture microdissection (LCM) is a method used to isolate cells from bodies of cells and tissues by utilizing IR and/or UV lasers. LCM was first introduced in 1996 by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and was primarily used to isolate cell groups from fixed tissues. It was not until recently that the […]
As it evolves, UVP plans to continue its mission to be the market leader for bioimaging systems, designing and developing systems and related software as applications in fluorescence, chemiluminescence and luminescence imaging evolve. The Upland, California–based company was founded as Ultra-Violet Products in 1932 by Thomas Warren to manufacture handheld lamps. Since then, the company […]
With the pickup in global merger and acquisitions activity this year, certain segments of the lab products market have gained new attention. Specifically, two companies providing specialty chemicals for lab research, such as reagents, buffers, acids and HPLC solvents, have attracted new owners, which hope to capitalize on specialty applications, geographic expansion and the increase […]
Company Announcements Chip-Man Technologies appointed Ionovation GmbH as its German distributor. Nanion Technologies GmbH announced in April that a European Patent Office’s (EPO) Board of Appeal overturned a decision to uphold EP No. 1 040 349 owned by Molecular Devices, stating the patent must be amended to exclusively describe a positioning method using electrical fields […]
Company Announcements Merck Millipore updated its 2010 nonGAAP guidance for Millipore as a stand-alone company, estimating that revenue will increase 8.8% to $1,800 million and operating income will grow 18.8% to $405 million. In June, the University of California San Diego, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Life Technologies initiated stem cell research on […]
Company Announcements Bio-Works agreed to provide agarose-based chromatography gels for use with Knauer GmbH’s BioFox line of separations columns for protein purification. Bio-Works will provide prepacked columns and bulk media. PAC and Metrohm are working together to develop combustion IC applications using their respective MultiTek and IC systems. Product Introductions Gilson launched the PLC 2020 […]
Company Announcements Helicos BioSciences launched a diagnostics business in June, including plans for a CLIA-approved genetic testing lab. Dr. Robert Wassman, founder of Good Start Genetics, was named chief medical officer. Protein-detection and -quantitation system developer BioScale secured $25 million in a June financing round. Advanced Analytical opened a sales office and lab in Heidelberg, […]
Company Announcements Thermo Fisher Scientific acquired Polychromix, the provider of the PHAZIR handheld NIR instrument, in May. The company had 20 employees. In June, Ocean Optics acquired Sandhouse Design, a designer and manufacturer of modular mid-IR spectrometers, LEDs, light sources and other photonics products. Ocean Optics stated that with the purchase it now offers close […]
South Africa’s R&D expenditure continues to grow steadily. Total 2009 R&D expenditure was R21,041 billion ($3.0 billion), up 12.9%, or 2.2% in real terms (disregarding the effects of price increases). Gross expenditure of R&D was 0.92%, a decline in the percentage of GDP for the second year in a row. The proportion of R&D performers […]
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