Earlier this month, Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) announced the establishment of the Brazilian Nanotechnology Initiative to support nanoscience and nanotechnology. The Initiative will receive about BRL 440 million ($188.5 million) in 2013 and 2014. A goal of the Initiative is to connect academic infrastructure and businesses to boost research efforts. Source: […]
Testing by New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) has revealed that whey protein concentrate made by Fonterra, the world’s largest processor of dairy products, does not contain clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism, but rather bacteria clostridum sporogenes. Earlier this month, Fonterra announced a worldwide recall of products containing the concentrate after testing by […]
German biopharmaceutical sales increased 11% to €6 billion ($8.3 billion) in 2012, according to the Boston Consulting Group’s “Biotech Report 2013” released in June. Biopharmaceutical sales comprised 21% of the German pharmaceutical market last year, up from 19% in 2011. The growth in biopharmaceutical revenues was led by an increase in prescriptions for severe diseases. […]
China’s State Council issued a plan earlier this month to improve environmental protection and energy conservation. The plan prioritizes environmental protection as a “pillar industry” that will receive subsidies and tax breaks. The plan aims to advance environmental protection, which includes developing equipment, instruments and technologies for environmental monitoring and the treatment of water, solid […]
The number of employees at the 11 largest pharmaceutical companies declined 4% to 932,825 between 2007 and 2012. Three firms recorded a decline in headcount: Pfizer (-12%), AstraZeneca (-10%) and Sanofi (-2%). The only company to boost employment by more than 5% was Johnson & Johnson (9%). The annual change last year in employee numbers […]
An online survey of 3,700 scientists conducted by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) and 15 other scientific organizations in June and July found that cuts in US government research funding has affected research activities. Academic researchers accounted for 91% of respondents, and 81% were faculty or primary investigators. Sixty-three percent of […]
Conducted this spring, the KPMG “2013 Food and Beverage Outlook Survey” consists of the responses of 100 US senior executives. Most respondents (58%) expect their companies’ capital spending to increase over the next year, but more than a quarter (28%) expect it to stay about the same. During the same period, nearly half (48%) expect […]
Holliston, MA 8/27/13—Harvard Bioscience has hired Jeffrey A. Duchemin as CEO. He replaces President David Green, who has served as interim CEO since May (see IBO 7/15/13). Most recently, Mr. Duchemin served as Global Business director for Corning Life Sciences and spent 16 years with Becton Dickinson. “Mr. Duchemin is a proven global executive with […]
Milford, MA 8/27/13—Waters Chairman and CEO Douglas A. Berthiaume has announced his intention to retire as CEO within the next 24 months. Mr. Berthiaume was named president and CEO in 1994. The Board of Directors has appointed a Succession Planning Committee that will consider both internal and external candidates. “Our future is bright, our team […]
Reinach, Switzerland 8/30/13; Cedar Rapids, IA 8/30/13—Rockwell Collins, a provider of communication and aviation electronic solutions, has sold its Kaiser Optical Systems business to Endress+Hauser, a provider of measurement instrumentation for industrial process engineering, for an undisclosed amount. Kasier supplies spectrographic instrumentation and applied holographic technology, including Raman instrumentation and holographic components. “The Raman technology […]
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