Novato, CA 2/21/13—BioSearch Technologies, a supplier of oligonucleotide-based tools for research and diagnostics, has acquired Danish firm DNA Technology‘s oligonucleotide manufacturing division and German company VitraBio for undisclosed amounts. DNA Technology specializes in the production of modified oligonucleotides. VitraBio manufactures controlled-pore glass (CPG), a DNA/RNA synthesis support material, and worked with BioSearch Technologies prior to […]
New York, NY 2/20/13—Reuters reported that the potential buyout of Life Technologies is now less likely given the company’s current valuation. According to a person familiar with the matter, Thermo Fisher Scientific is doubtful about the purchase and is no longer pursuing it due to the rise in Life Technologies’ stock price to above $60 […]
2/21/13 Hong Kong; 2/27/13 Hong Kong; 2/25/13 Livingston, UK—Techcomp Europe has acquired Edinburgh Instruments (EI) for approximately $5.0 million. EI supplies lifetime fluorescence spectrometers, lasers and gas sensors to research and industrial markets. The 65-person company’s net profits after taxes for fiscal 2012 ending March 31, 2012 totaled £438,000 ($695,238 = £0.63 = $1). “We […]
The seven instrument and lab product businesses whose quarterly results are reported on pages 9–11 ended the year facing a tough business climate, challenged by retrenched academic and government spending and the continued slowdown among industrial end-markets. However, sales in Asia and selected product markets, as well as recurring revenues, delivered growth. In making forecasts […]
Multi-vendor laboratory services have proved to be a fast growing and strategic market for analytical instrument companies. Such services not only expand a particular instrument company’s share of an end-user’s service revenues, but also provide greater customer intimacy and an expanded presence in the end-user’s lab. As a result, the breadth of such offerings has […]
One of the less common forms of spectroscopy is based on the principle of glow discharge (GD), which is the same principle that makes neon lights possible. The process is essentially electrical in nature, with the sample used as an electrode. A voltage causes gas atoms, typically argon, to ionize and strike the sample surface […]
As the first company to offer 2.7 µm superficially porous particle columns for HPLC, Advanced Materials Technology (AMT) has quickly grown. Founded as a two-person operation in Delaware in 2005, today, the company employs more than 20 people, including eight scientists in analytical chemistry, chemical engineering and biochemistry. The company exclusively manufactures HPLC columns utilizing […]
Company Announcements WaferGen Bio-systems exclusively licensed from Rutgers University a patent covering a novel RNA Quality Control technology and entered into a strategic collaboration with RUCDR Infinite Biologics. In December 2012, Seegene announced a licensing agreement with Dupont Nutrition & Health for the use of its technologies in highly multiplexed real-time PCR assays for the […]
Company Announcements BioSampling Systems entered into a distribution agreement with Ramcon for Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. TAP Biosystems named TrendBio its exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand. Tecan and TAP Biosystems announced a comarketing agreement in October 2012 for the automation of TAP’s RAFT 3D cell culture system using Tecan’s Freedom EVO liquid […]
Company Announcements Fluidigm announced in November 2012 a lawsuit in California District court against NanoString Technologies for false advertising, unfair competition and unlawful trade practices in relation to an advertising campaign. BioMérieux entered into a strategic agreement in November 2012, giving it exclusive rights to Quanterix’s Simoa technology for clinical labs and industrial applications. Quanterix […]
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