Company Announcements Aushon BioSystems named AH diagnostics an exclusive distributor for Scandinavia. In December 2012, Sequenom named William Welch, senior vice president of Diagnostics, as president and COO; Dirk van den Boom, senior vice president of R&D, as executive vice president, R&D, and chief technology officer; and Ronald Lindsay, executive vice president of R&D, as […]
Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) is one of several techniques for surface analysis in which the sample is probed in order to determine its elemental composition. Most of these techniques involve directing a focused beam toward a spot on the sample’s surface in order to probe it, and use detectors to analyze any emitted response. In […]
With 16 of the 18 companies in IBO’s Lab Instrument Sales Index having now reported results for calendar year 2012 fourth quarter, Index sales and operating profit results have been updated from the February 15 issue (see IBO 2/15/13). For the fourth-quarter 2012, Index revenue grew 2.7%, or 3.7% excluding currency, and operating profit slipped […]
Company Announcements Oxford Instruments entered into an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement in November 2012 to sell Dune Sciences’ Silicon Half Grids for in situ focused ion beam sample preparation. WITec named Spectra Research a Canadian sales representative and Advanced Technology Solutions its exclusive distributor for Israel. Attolight named Quantum Design China a Chinese distributor. In […]
Company Announcements Illumina announced in January that its 2013 organic investments will include the addition of 50 sales representatives for improved geographic reach, incremental R&D investments and infrastructure enhancements. Becton, Dickinson and Company appointed Catherine M. Burzik to its Board in January. Most recently, she was CEO of Kinetic Concepts. QIAGEN currency-neutral fourth-quarter 2012 revenues […]
On March 20, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced the fiscal 2013 UK budget, which takes effect April 1. The budget will provide £1.6 billion ($2.4 billion) to support 11 strategies the government outlined in September 2012, including life sciences, agricultural technology, and oil and gas, although the amount each will receive is not […]
Company Announcements In January, Elsevier acquired Aureus Sciences, which provides databases and software for drug discovery and development. Qlucore announced in January an agency agreement with Novo Newton Scientific for Ireland, Spain, Italy and South Africa. 5AM partnered with LABVANTAGE Solutions to provide consulting and implementation services to LABVANTAGE, with an initial focus on biobanking. […]
In an attempt for Russian schools to compete with their Western counterparts, the government announced that campuses and student housing will be built at the country’s universities. Currently, only two Russian universities, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, and the Far Eastern Federal University, have such campuses. In the first phase of the project, […]
According to the “Nature Publishing Index 2012 Asia-Pacific,” Japan leads the region in the number of scientific publications. The Index includes articles, letters and brief communications published in Nature or its 17 research journals in 2012. Asia Pacific accounted for 1,009 publications, or 28% of the global total. Japan published 398 articles, a 9.9% increase. […]
An American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) working group recommended this month that patients whose genomes are sequenced for a medical condition be told whether they have a predisposition to other diseases. The recommendations, the first from a professional society about how to handle so-called “incidental findings,” apply to all children and adults, […]
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