Articles from Instrument Business Outlook (February 15, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Amersham Biosciences and Thermo become mass spec partners. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).		Brief Article	136
Chemicon acquired for $95 million. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).		Brief Article	152
China: over the last two decades, a new plan for scientific and technological (S&T) research has emerged in China, largely based on Western models. (Region Watch).		Brief Article	195
Companies. (Random Samples).		Brief Article	192
Environmental: the Homeland Security Department is implementing a new early warning network for bioterroism. (Industry Watch).		Brief Article	110
Europe: the European Commission is stepping up its food regulation. (Region Watch).		Brief Article	110
France: as part of the country's new nanotechnology plan, the French Minister for Research and New Technologies Claudie Haignere recently announced that France has allocated 50 million [euro] to nanotechnology research. (Region Watch).		Brief Article	86
Government: the Bush Administration's 2004 budget proposal calls for a 2% increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to $27.9 billion. (Industry Watch).		Brief Article	125
Invitrogen purchases PanVera. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).		Brief Article	167
Lab Instrument Sales Index: double-digit rise in 2002.			978
LabAutomation 2003: new products set the stage.			1394
Litigation. (Random Samples).		Brief Article	133
Market profile: luminometers.			287
Pharmaceutical: according to an annual review by PwC, merger and acquisition activity among pharmaceutical companies increased 12% in 2002 to 374 deals. (Industry Watch).		Brief Article	69
Products. (Random Samples).		Brief Article	70
R&D: adjusted for inflation, US R&D spending increased 2.4% in 2002 to $291.7 billion, according to preliminary data from the Division of Science Resource Statistics of the National Science Foundation. (Industry Watch).		Brief Article	91
Roper Industries realigns. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).		Brief Article	217
The bottom line: data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts in millions.		Illustration	168
The currency roller coaster.			1480
United Kingdom: according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, pharmaceutical companies increased UK R&D spending by 11% to 3.2 billion [pounds sterling] in 2001. (Region Watch).		Brief Article	62
Varian acquires Roche business. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).		Brief Article	198
Water: in December 2001, the EPA rescinded a July 2000 rule implementing changes to the federal Total Maximum Daily Load program that was scheduled to take effect on April 30, 2003. (Industry Watch).		Brief Article	64