Company Announcements In February, DKSH expanded its marketing partnership with Malvern Instruments, adding the MicroCal and NanoSight product ranges in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In March, DKSH signed an exclusive distribution agreement for C-Therm’s Thermal Conductivity Analyzer and Dilatometer product line in Australia and New Zealand. In May, Biolin Scientific announced […]

Company Announcements In March, Microsaic Systems named Christopher Buckley to its Board. Most recently, he was a Global Brand director at Novartis. Waters announced in March that the University of California San Diego School of Medicine’s Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine joined its Centers of Innovation Program. In April, SCIEX announced a collaboration with CRO […]

Company Announcements First quarter sales for INFICON’s Security & Energy business (formerly Emergency Response & Security) climbed 64.1% to $6.4 million, or 6% of total sales. In June, Activated Research (ARC) partnered with Wasson-ECE Instrumentation, which will provide a private label version of ARC’s Polyarc catalytic microreactor. Wasson-ECE is now the global distribution channel for […]

Company Announcements In May, Tribogenics added PE Systems, PSS and Hitech as distributors for the US West Coast, Nevada and Utah. Eurocontrol Technics’ 2015 Detectors and Other sales, which include all Xenemetrix revenue, declined 15.7% to CAD 1.3 million ($1.0 million).   Product Introductions HORIBA launched the Differential Interferometry Profiling option for its glow discharge […]

Company Announcements In January, Vashaw Scientific announced it is now a distributor for ZEISS microscopy in the Southeast US. Leica Microsystems announced in May that it has taken over direct sales for industrial and forensics customers in the Southeastern US from Vashaw Scientific. In April, FEI and CEOS delivered the first sub-Ångstrom, low-voltage TEM to […]

Dissolution testing is a method of analyzing the physical properties of solid drugs. An imperative step in drug development and QC, it is required to understand the physical changes in any pharmaceutical ingredient. The tests are performed on all solid and semisolid forms of drugs, such as capsules, tablets, ointments and creams. Hygroscopicity, dissolution and […]

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) is the most powerful electron microscopy method. TEM uses electrons for magnification as opposed to optical microscopy, which utilizes visible light. In TEM, an electron beam is amplified and focused using electromagnetic coils while being fired through the specimen. A final set of lenses then magnifies the electron beam before it […]

Company Announcements Olink announced reorganization, effective April 1. It now operates as two separate companies: Olink Proteomics, which offers the Proseek Multiplex product line, and Olink Bioscience, which is focused on developing and commercializing additional technologies. STEMCELL Technologies signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Molecular Biotechnology for the […]

Company Announcements 10X Genomics announced that the American Arbitration Association denied claims brought against the company and three of its executives by Bio-Rad Laboratories, alleging breach of certain contractual noncompete, nonsoliciation and confidentiality obligations related to Bio-Rad’s purchase of Quantalife (see IBO 10/15/11). HTG Molecular Diagnostics disclosed that as of December 31, 2015, it had […]