Company Announcements CPI International named General Manager Jarrett Wendt president and CEO in October. In October, BioSurplus opened a sales office in Incheon, South Korea, in partnership with jDepot. In October, Agilent and the Agilent Technologies Foundation selected Steven Carr, PhD, who directs the Proteomics Platform at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, for […]
Last month, Egypt announced plans to develop a network of research centers and universities that will complement its upcoming $2 billion science city, which was announced this past May. The Zewail City of Science and Technology network will be connected with research centers that are part of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research […]
As silicon-based photolithography reaches its feasible limits resulting in leaking electricity and rising manufacturing costs, manufacturers are searching for a new approach to make semiconductors. To make smaller circuits more quickly and less expensively, Intel and IBM are seeking to reduce the size of the smallest component from 32 nm to 7 nm using carbon […]
China’s planned foray into the global vaccine market should drive down the vaccine prices of Western drug firms. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in March that China’s drug safety standards are in line with global vaccine regulations, paving the way for Chinese vaccines to be authorized by the WHO and then purchased by United […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is finalizing proposals for several standards. A standard for sampling analysis is a major component of the draft, with a panel report expected this month. The draft will then be reviewed by a scientific committee. Other drafts in the works regard import regulation, risk-based analysis, flavors […]
More often than not, scientists are unable to reproduce medical research results. The lack of reproducibility is likely due to more complicated experiments as laboratory methods evolve, the use of different equipment and materials by different studies, the high number of variables present in a study, authors not presenting all information to other researchers, and […]
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced a four-year, $416 million plan to expand its Genome Sequencing Program. An initial amount of $86 million annually will support basic research, new initiatives and technological improvements at three large genome sequencing centers. For the first year, fiscal 2012, the Broad Institute, Washington University and Baylor […]
Metrohm sets itself apart from other companies. Its business structure is not one that many instrument firms choose to emulate, but it has served the company well for decades. In fact, the firm estimates its 2011 revenues to be CHF 300 million ($333.3 million = CHF 0.90 = $1). Metrohm is unique because of the […]
Third-quarter 2011 IBO Life Science Index sales grew 6.7%, 4.6% excluding currency, to $3,149.7 million. Operating profit improved 2.1% to $641.8 million, and operating margin slipped 90 basis points to 21.4% of sales. Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue for Becton Dickinson’s BD Biosciences division grew 9.6%, 4.7% excluding currency, to $354.2 million to account for 17% of […]
Newark, DE 11/11/11; London, UK 11/11/11; Newark, DE 12/9/11; London, UK 12/9/11—Antibody solutions firm SDIX has sold its Water Quality division to Modern Water, a publicly held UK firm that provides technology for water desalination and monitoring, for $4.5 million. The sale includes the division’s intellectual property, inventory, commercial contracts, equipment and staff. The division […]
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