The European Commission’s “2012 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends” finds that responding companies plan to raise their R&D investments by 4.2% on average from 2012 to 2014. This compares to a projected average increase of 5% in the 2011 survey (see IBO 8/15/11) and, prior to the recession, 7% in the 2007 survey. […]
Company Announcements In June, Gyros named Bio Laboratories its sole distributor for Singapore. Life Technologies announced in June R&D collaboration with Boston Children’s Hospital to develop an end-to-end genetic sequencing lab workflow based on the Ion Proton Sequencer. Life Technologies began in June collaboration with the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Institute for […]
Company Announcements Aspect Imaging expanded its cooperation with Bruker in April for manufacturing and distribution. Aspect will provide Bruker with technology for use in its Icon 1 T MRI system. Aspect will now focus on its clinical and industrial markets and no longer sell its M2 system directly to the preclinical market. It will refer […]
Company Announcements DKSH agreed in April to exclusively distribute CDS Analytical products in Australia and New Zealand. INFICON’s second-quarter Emergency Response & Security sales grew 58.5% to $6.5 million Product Introductions LECO introduced in May a pulsed electron impact ionization source as an add-on option for its Pegasus GC-HRT system. It is designed to improve […]
Company Announcements Shimadzu partnered in April with Sugiyama Laboratory, part of RIKEN Research Center’s RIKEN Innovation Center, to research LC/MS/MS quantitative analysis methods to support drug discovery using microdosing. Bruker signed in June an exclusive framework agreement with Turkish diagnostic lab firm Duzen for molecular microbial identification based on MALDI-TOF MS. In June, Bruker entered […]
Company Announcements BioDot agreed in March to comarket Quantiscientific’s A2 Micoarray System. Protagen announced in April a partnership with Scienion, which will produce protein microarray batches for clinical validation of Protagen’s biomarker panels. The companies also plan to jointly evaluate new platforms for multiplex analytics and codevelop new approaches. In September, Scienion agreed to distribute […]
Company Announcements Testing services firm ILS purchased in June key assets of Beckman Coulter Genomics’ Morrisville, North Carolina, site and formed ILS Genomics. Beckman Coulter acquired the site in its 2009 purchase of Cogenics (see IBO 06/15/09). Anton Paar and its Brazilian distributor Polimate formed Anton Paar Brazil, which will take over the sales and […]
Australian businesses’ expenditures on R&D (BERD) grew 6.6% in current prices in 2011 to AUD 17,880 million ($18, 433 million), compared to a 6% decrease in 2010. Manufacturing, mining; financial and insurance services; and professional, scientific and technical services accounted for 27%, 21, 15% and 15% of BERD respectively. The BERD for the respective industries […]
India’s INR 60,000 crore ($11 billion) drug market is growing 17%–20% annually, but domestic drug companies face new challenges to their businesses. The country’s National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy has announced new price reductions for 276 drugs, which is expected to affect margins for both local and international drug makers. In addition, reductions in income taxes […]
The European Research Council (ERC) announced this month the selection of 536 researchers to receive nearly €800 million ($1 billion) in “Starting Grants,” which are designed to fund researchers early in their careers. Each grant awards up to €2 million per project over five years. The number of researchers receiving grants increased 11.6% from 2011. […]
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