Coinciding with ASHG 2014, several firms announced new partnerships in highly competitive markets. Affymetrix announced a multiyear supply agreement with Arosa Diagnostics, which will use Affymetrix instruments and arrays as part of its Harmony noninvasive prenatal test for Trisomy 21 in fetuses, allowing wider adoption of the test. Arosa’s DANSR (Digital Analysis of Selected Regions) […]
London, UK 10/7/14—Diploma, a publicly held supplier of specialized products and services, has acquired 80% of Technopath. Based in Ireland with 40 employees, Technopath supplies biotechnology, clinical-laboratory and medical products in Ireland and the UK. For the year ending August 31, it had sales of £12 million ($19 million = £0.62 = $1). Diploma Chief […]
Lansing, MI 10/1/14—Neogen, a supplier of products for food and animal safety, has acquired BioLumix for an undisclosed amount. Based in Michigan, BioLumix manufactures and markets automated systems for the detection of microbial contaminants. “The combination also settles litigation of several years between the two companies and benefits existing customers of both companies moving forward,” […]
Jena, Germany 10/1/14—Analytik Jena has sold 50% of its share in AJZ Engineering, its projects company, to ATG Consulting & Controlling. The agreement includes an option to sell the remaining shares by December 31, 2015. “Our aim is to position AJZ Engineering for the future. In line with that, we want to act for the […]
St. Louis, MO 10/3/14—Sigma-Aldrich has agreed to acquire Cell Marque for an undisclosed amount. Cell Marque designs, develops and manufactures antibody reagents and kits for immunohistochemistry. “We expect that Cell Marque’s strong in vitro diagnostic (IVD) antibody product lines and solid relationships with pathologists and companies that provide automated staining instrumentation will broaden the diagnostic-health […]
Waltham, MA 10/29/14—PerkinElmer has acquired Ceiba Solutions, a company that provides science- and lab-IT software and services and offers IT services and emerging software platforms. Financial details were not disclosed. PerkinElmer will integrate Ceiba’s capabilities into its OneSource services, which include Lab IT. “As customers seek solutions and business models to help drive more productive […]
The 64th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genomics was held October 18–22 in San Diego, California. The event attracted 8,433 attendees, including 6,566 scientific attendees (nonexhibitors), a 3.1% decrease from the 2013 show, which was held in Boston, Massachusetts. Two hundred forty companies exhibited, compared with 235 last year. In a Tuesday […]
China remains a topic of concern for analytical-instrument and laboratory-product companies as delays in sales this year have slowed growth. New developments in the country could further affect sales growth, which remained stymied in the third quarter, according to PerkinElmer, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Waters. On a macroeconomic level, China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported […]
In February 2012, the Chinese government revised its National Ambient Air Quality Standard, including for the first time limits on PM2.5, specifying a 24-hour average value and an annual mean value for concentration limits. This transformed the Chinese market for PM2.5 monitors, with government mandates driving purchase and deployment of real-time monitors. PM2.5, defined as […]
Santa Clara, CA 10/14/14—Agilent Technologies has announced that it is closing its NMR business because the business has not met growth or profitability objectives. Agilent entered the NMR market in 2010 with the acquisition of Varian (see IBO 7/31/09). “Today’s announcement represents a difficult decision necessary to drive improved profitability,” stated Agilent President, COO and […]
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