Company Announcements Earlier this year, Fluke, a Danaher business, acquired India-based TTL Technologies, a distributor of test and measurement products, analytical instruments and laboratory products. Sigma-Aldrich appointed Jan Bertsch as executive vice president and CFO effective March 5. Previously, she was vice president, controller and principal accounting officer at BorgWarner. Sigma-Aldrich opened packaging and quality […]
Company Announcements In December 2011, Gilson launched the PIPETMAN M Multichannel, a new electronic and motorized extension of the PIPETMAN M family. It was designed for use with 96- and 384-well microplates and is available in 8 and 12 channels for volume ranges of 1–20 µL and 20–200 µL. BaltCap completed in December 2011 a […]
Nepal’s Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has requested that all Nepalese drug firms implement GMP standards issued by the World Health Organization by midmonth. Currently, 60% of Nepal’s 40 drug firms adhere to GMP regulations. Ensuring that all firms are compliant will allow Nepal to participate in the industry on a global scale, according to […]
Founded in 2008, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) network utilizes crowdsourcing and open innovation to develop new drugs. Platforms like this are an essential alternative to drug firms for developing drugs for neglected diseases, said T. Balganesh, who spearheads OSDD’s drug development unit and is the former head […]
Four UK research councils—the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC), the Economic and Social Research Council and the Medical Research Council (MRC)—along with the Technology Strategy Board have released a report reviewing UK regenerative medicine research. The report details the 353 grants totaling £72.6 million ($115.1 […]
R&D expenditures by US universities grew 6.9% to $61.2 billion in fiscal 2010, according to a survey of 742 institutions that spend at least $150,000 on R&D annually. The one-time $2.7 billion boost from 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act increased the federal government’s share of university R&D spending to 61%. Of the $37.5 billion […]
Despite an anticipated transition to renewable energy technologies, reliance on fossil fuels remains strong due to prevalence and low cost. In 2011, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projected natural gas’s share of energy demand worldwide would reach 25% by 2035, up from 21% in 2010. The rise is largely credited to North America’s increasing dependence […]
Several recent attempts to reproduce scientific studies have failed. About 100 scientists under the direction of former Amgen researcher C. Glenn Begley found that 47 of 53 “landmark” academic cancer studies could not be reproduced. A decade ago, cancer drug discoveries were supported by as many as 200 publications, and the number of such papers […]
Fourth-quarter 2011 IBO Lab Equipment/Consumables Sales Index revenues grew 4.8%, 3.9% excluding currency, to $4,226.97 million. Operating profit expanded 6.1% to $732.54 million, and operating margin improved 90 basis points to 18.1% of sales. Full-year 2011 Index sales increased 5.5%, 3.7% on a currency-neutral basis, to $1,6221.51 million. Adjusted operating profits rose 5.0% to $2,813.79 […]
Radnor, PA 4/3/12—Laboratory supply and distribution firm VWR International has acquired Czech Republic–based distributions VITRUM PRAHA and VITRUM ROZNOV for an undisclosed amount. “This acquisition marks our continued commitment to Central and Eastern Europe,” stated Manuel Brocke-Benz, VWR senior vice president and managing director of European Operations. “VITRUM is well established and recognized nationally throughout […]
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