New York, NY 11/2/12; Carlsbad, CA 11/1/12—Enzo Biochem has announced that a jury in the US Southern District Court in New York City has awarded the company and Yale University $48.6 million in direct infringement penalties after finding that Life Technologies’ sale of capillary electrophoresis systems and reagents from 1998 to 2004 infringed US Patent […]
Radnor, PA 11/2/12—VWR International has purchased Lab3, a distributor of scientific lab supplies headquartered in Bristol, UK. Lab3 is an existing VWR distributor and provides consumables, chemicals, equipment and technical services in the UK. The company also provides custom labeling and kitting services, as well as technical services such as installation, calibration and repair. Financial […]
Carlsbad, CA 11/5/12—Life Technologies has acquired Advanced Microscopy Group (AMG), incorporated as Westover Scientific, a developer of imaging systems for research microscopy, for an undisclosed amount. Life Technologies’ FLoid Cell Imaging Station for fluorescent microscopy is manufactured by AMG. AMG also provides the EVOS range of microscopes, which includes systems that address the tissue culture […]
Waltham, MA and Shanghai, China 11/13/12—PerkinElmer has acquired China-based Shanghai Haoyuan Biotech, an infectious disease diagnostics company, for $38 million in cash and potential future additional consideration. The company supplies molecular infectious disease screening technologies for blood banks and clinical labs in China. The acquisition extends PerkinElmer’s capabilities into nucleic acid blood screening and molecular […]
Much of the focus for analytical instrument sales in Asia has been on China and India. However, other areas in Asia Pacific, particularly continental Southeast Asia, which is comprised of Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, exhibit strong growth opportunities. Sales of analytical instrumentation (see box, page 8) in Asia Pacific grew more […]
After several years of sizable transactions, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the instrument and laboratory product–related industry was restrained in 2012. The combined value of the top five largest pure-play acquisitions amounted to $2.2 billion in 2012, compared with an average of $7.2 billion over the previous five years. However, the absence of any […]
Company Announcements Idaho Technology changed its name in August to BioFire Diagnostics. In September, BioFire Diagnostics completed a $25 million financing with Athyrium Opportunities Fund. EnviroLogix named John N. Marker, formerly a manufacturing general manager at GE Healthcare, president and CEO in October. RainDance Technologies announced in October a collaboration with Integrated DNA Technologies to […]
Mobile labs allow users to test in remote locations more quickly and at a lower cost than at many fixed labs. A mobile lab is defined as a lab that operates within a vehicle. Mobile labs are utilized in sectors including environmental testing, mining, oil and gas, construction and food. IBO spoke with three organizations […]
R&D investment by the one thousand public companies that spend the most on R&D increased 9.6% in 2011 to $603 billion after a 9.3% increase the previous year, according to Booz & Company’s eighth annual “Global Innovation 1000” report. R&D spending by the computing and electronics, health care and automobile industries accounted for 28%, 21% […]
Secondary ion MS (SIMS) provides trace analysis in solid samples, with detection levels in the parts per billion range. The technique can be utilized to provide imaging of a sample’s surface, or even a three-dimensional picture of the sample. The measurement process begins with an ion beam being directed at the surface. When the ions […]
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