Pleasanton, CA 2/28/16—Unchained Labs, a supplier of high-throughput solutions for biologics formulation development and small molecule chemistry, has acquired Freeslate for an undisclosed amount. Freeslate develops configurable automated solutions for drug development. “Freeslate’s scale combined with Unchained Labs’ growth and capital creates a real juggernaut in the biologics formulation process,” commented Unchained Founder and CEO […]
Stockholm, Sweden 2/29/16—Perten Instruments, a PerkinElmer company, has acquired Delta Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Based in the Netherlands, Delta manufactures analyzers and testing equipment for milk and dairy products, including IR analyzers and somatic cell counters. “Together our two companies offer the most complete range of milk and dairy analyzers,” commented Perten Managing Director […]
Tewksbury, MA 2/12/16—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired INEL, a French-based real-time XRD supplier. Financial details were not provided. “INEL offers a range of XRD instruments, from simple benchtop instruments for routine applications to sophisticated platforms for analysis of nano-materials, pharmaceuticals, coatings and other advanced materials,” commented Michael Shafer, president, Chemical Analysis at Thermo. INEL will […]
Andover, MA 2/23/16—MKS Instruments, a provider of instrument, subsystems and process control solutions, has agreed to acquire Newport, a supplier of advanced technology products, for $23 per share or approximately $980 million in cash. This is a 52.9% premium over Newport’s closing price on February 22. The combined company will have $1.4 billion in pro […]
San Diego, CA 2/23/16; San Diego, CA 2/23/16; Oxford, UK 2/24/16—NGS company Illumina, the University of Washington and the UAB Research Foundation have filed patent infringement suits against Oxford Nanopore Technologies with the US International Trade Commission and the US District Court for the Southern District of California. The suits allege infringement of US Patents […]
A majority of large publicly held instrument and lab product companies ended 2015 on a strong note, benefiting from sustained demand from biopharmaceutical customers and steady growth in applied markets. Nevertheless, currency effects along with weak industrial markets continued to dampen organic top line growth. Moreover, several companies were negatively impacted by fewer selling days […]
The eighth annual Association for Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Laboratory conference (MSACL) was held in Palm Springs, California, from February 21 to February 25, its first year outside of San Diego, California. Selected presentations on Thursday evidenced both optimism about MS’s future in clinical diagnostics and the need for greater progress. The conference […]
Cell studies have generally examined populations of cells in the thousands and millions. With the use of statistical models, this work has played a significant part in disease (i.e., cancer) research and discoveries. However, with the advancements of analytical techniques, many researchers have shifted their focus to single-cell analysis, which has created strong demand for […]
Company Announcements Anzu Partners acquired Axsun Technologies from Volcano, a Royal Philips subsidiary, in October 2015. Axsun’s management team remains in place. In October 2015, Finesse Solutions announce the establishment of a branch office in Leicester, UK. GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced in November 2015 a collaboration to integrate Emerson’s DeltaV distributed control system with […]
Company Announcements Corning announced in November 2015 that, as of January 1, it is distributing BioCision’s cell cryopreservation products. In November 2015, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories licensed Oxford Gene Technology’s SNP array probe technology as an alternative to restriction enzyme–based approaches. Oxford Gene Tecnhnology announced that fiscal 2015 sales for the period ending September 30, […]
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