Yokohama, Japan 9/9/14—Publicly held Japanese iPSC firm ReproCELL has acquired the iPS Cell Business Unit of Stemgent for an undisclosed amount. The Business Unit supplies iPSC-research reagent products, including mRNA reprogramming kits, xeno-free culture media and specialty chemicals for cell differentiation. ReproCELL stated that the acquisition would broaden its selection of iPSC products and strengthen […]
Radnor, PA 9/10/14—VWR has acquired Netherlands- and Belgium-based Klinipath and its affiliates Immunologic, Mortupath and Klinipath BVBA for an undisclosed amount. Kilinipath provides equipment, consumables and reagents, representing suppliers for the histology, pathology, cytology, immunology and clinical chemistry industries, as well as supplies private-label equipment, reagents and plastic disposables. “Klinipath, Immunologic and Mortupath are recognized […]
Washington, DC 9/2/14—Danaher has implemented its succession plan (see IBO 4/30/14) ahead of schedule, appointing Thomas P. Joyce, Jr. as president and CEO, effective September 9. “The transition has proceeded quite well since April, and the Board has concluded that Tom is now ready to be Chief Executive Officer,” commented Steven M. Rales, chairman of […]
This fall’s edition of IBO’s biannual article highlighting selected new laboratory construction and openings focuses on academic and industrial investments. The table on page 4 lists new projects in the automobile industry and at medical schools. New labs in China, the UK, Europe and the US are also highlighted. China Several companies have recently announced […]
An unfortunate consequence of the recent explosion in next-generation sequencing (NGS) activity is the huge amount of generated data that are unused or not used to their full potential. Analysis of sequence data can take orders of magnitude more time than producing it and, as a result, is unable to keep pace. The existence of […]
Optical density is a measure of the amount of light a sample absorbs. Not indicating the optical nature of their analysis, the instruments that measure this property are known as densitometers. Typical samples are printed graphics, and photographic and radiological films. A densitometer contains a light source—usually of white light, but UV can also be […]
Company Announcements In June, Pressure Biosciences engaged IssuWorks to provide strategic advisory services to the company in order to review strategic and financing alternatives, including the possible spin-off of vertical market applications. Invent Biotechnologies named MoBiTec as a distributor for European markets. Product Introductions BioVision released in April the EZEnrich Polyubiquitin Beads, EZDetect Polyubiquitin Probe, […]
Company Announcements Avacta announced in May a collaboration with UbiQ Bio to develop ubiquitin-specific antibodies. In June, Cambridge Research Biochemicals announced an exclusive supply-and-marketing agreement for its BIONET brand peptides with Key Organics. Cellectis granted Thermo Fisher Scientific a license to its TAL nucleases, currently marketed by Thermo under the brand name TALEN, outside the […]
Company Announcements In May, Büchi Labortechnik acquired German company NIR-Online, a developer of online NIR and vision systems for industrial applications. The founders remain members of the management team. HEL announced in June the acquisition of Magellan Instruments, a manufacturer of bioprocess off-gas analyzer systems. In July, MOCON expanded its Board from eight to nine […]
The US economy showed further gains in August as second quarter GDP growth was revised from 4.0% to 4.2%, led by consumer spending and inventory surges. However, while growth was stronger than expected following a slow start to the year due to extreme weather conditions, housing prices showed signs of slowing, and labor markets were […]
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