Although growing slower than in 2013, the US equity bull market continued to rally in 2014, capping a nearly six-year run. Spurred by loose monetary policy, sturdy corporate profits and improved economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ advanced 7.5%, 11.4% and 13.4%, respectively, in 2014. US equity markets withstood a […]
Signed into law on December 16, the US federal government’s fiscal 2015 (October 1, 2014–September 30, 2014) budget showed few major increases for R&D spending. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates that the total federal R&D budget increased just 1.7% to $137,611 million, with funding for nondefense R&D rising 1.6% to […]
Pleasanton, CA 21/19/14; Redwood, CA 12/19/14—Roche has agreed to acquire Bina Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Bina provides a big-data platform for the centralized management and processing of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data for the academic and translational-research markets. The Bina Genomic Management Solution (Bina-GMS) enables the fast and scalable analysis of genomic data. “Informatics and […]
In November, Axiom Analytical introduced the RFP-465 Multipass Raman Probe for vapor analysis. Its patented design boosts the sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy by up to an order of magnitude, according to the company. Unlike most probes, the RFP-465 has a reflector at its tip and a long pass filter at an orientation normal to the […]
BioInformatics LLC has announced the 2014 Life Science Industry Awards. BioInformatics is a research and advisory firm for the life science industry. BioInformatics acquired SDi in September. The Life Science Industry Awards were nominated and voted on by nearly 6,000 scientists through electronic surveys conducted in September and October. The Awards covered more than 25 […]
Company Announcements In September, Qlucore named Commmugene as a distributor for South Korea. Vista Equity Partners agreed in September to acquire TIBCO Software for $24 per share, or $4.3 billion including the assumption of net debt. The acquisition was completed this month. TIBCO provides Spotfire software, which is exclusively licensed to PerkinElmer (see IBO 12/15/13) […]
Company Announcements FEI opened a nearly 300,000 ft2, $38 million technology center in Brno, Czech Republic, in September. The facility expands the company’s operations in the city, employs around 600 people and is responsible for about 60% of the company’s electron-microscope production. In October, Yale University and Leica Microsystems opened a microscopy Center of Excellence. […]
Company Announcements In October, Horizon Discovery entered into a coexclusive distribution agreement with Haplogen Genomics, gaining access to cell lines to distribute a new high-throughput, affordable cell line–engineering service. New England BioLabs signed a supply agreement with TriLink BioTechnologies, for which it will manufacture and supply enzymes for in vitro transcription, capping and poly(A) tailing […]
Company Announcements PAC opened a technical facility in Shanghai, China’s pilot free-trade zone in October. The company also has a sales office in Shanghai. Third quarter organic sales for Danaher’s Life Science business grew in the low single digits, as positive demand in the US and Western Europe was hindered by funding delays in China. […]
Company Announcements Nanophoton announced in September that a Japanese intellectual-property high court upheld a lower-court decision rejecting Renishaw’s claims on patents related to Raman microscopy systems (see IBO 12/15/10). In September, Edinburgh Instruments added in direct sales support for the US. Perten Instruments opened an office in Winnipeg, Canada, in October. In November, Metrohm announced […]
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