Articles from Instrument Business Outlook (March 31, 2006)

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454 Life Sciences initiated a collaborative research agreement with the Broad Institute of M1T and Harvard.		31
454 Life Sciences, a subsidiary of CuraGen, and the Genome Sequencing Centers at Washington University School of Medicine.		39
454 Life Sciences.		27
454 Life Sciences.		17
Accelr8.		16
Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) and Protasis/MRM combined their respective Automation Server and One-Minute NMR.		30
Advanced Chemistry Development also announced the latest version of ACD/Web Librarian, which allows secure access to spectral, chromatographic and chemical data.		50
Advanced Chemistry Development launched the ACD/IntelliXtract, an LC/MS software package for automated molecular weight identification and data interpretation.		49
Affymetrix formed a research alliance with Imperial College London and the Medical Research Council.		25
Affymetrix granted Vita Genomics, and its Shanghai GeneCore BioTechnologies subsidiary.		28
Affymetrix.		17
Agilent.	Brief article	65
Ametek Spectro announced a side-on plasma (SOP) version of its Genesis inductively coupled plasma (ICP) platform.		38
Ametek Spectro introduced the low-cost PHOENIX II benchtop polarized XRF analyzer for at-line or lab applications.		31
Ankersmid.		54
Aurora Instruments.		42
Axela Biosensors exclusively licensed patents and immunodiagnostic assay technology from Kimberly-Clark.		19
Bio-Rad signed a second collaboration agreement with Caliper Life Sciences.		22
Bio-Rad will also integrate Infometrix's Pirouette chemometrics technology into the KnowItAll Informatics System platform, database and NMR tools.		79
Bio-Rad.		42
Biotage AB acquired the exclusive distribution, production and development rights to Vapourtec's V-10 solvent evaporation system for 2.3 million [pounds sterling] ($4.1 million).		35
Biotage AB and Chemspeed Technologies introduced the SWAVE automated microwave synthesis workstation, combining their respective Initiator Microwave Synthesis Module and automated workstation.		27
Biotage.		15
Biotech: for the 25 biotechnology firms reviewed by Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), 2005 total earnings increased 32.2% to $8.3 billion and revenues grew 22.1% to $41.1 billion.		165
Bruker AXS also released the high-throughput D8 Screenlab, which adds a Bruker Optics' Raman probe to the D8 Discover XRD system.		34
Bruker AXS unveiled the X8 Tiger wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) system, which represents Bruker's top-of-the-line x-ray diffractometry (XRD) product.		46
Bruker Daltonics also introduced the MALDI BioTyper system for identification and classification of microorganisms in applications such as infectious disease research and environmental and food analysis.		53
Bruker Daltonics launched the MALDI Molecular imager, the first dedicated MS system for in vitro imaging peptide and protein biomarkers distribution in tissue sections and cell clusters.		43
Bruker Daltonics.		24
Bruker Optics.		51
Buck Scientific.		23
Cambridge Scientific.	Brief article	67
Cambridge Scientific.		50
Carl Zeiss and Seiko partner for Nanotech market.		187
Cell Sciences, a subsidiary of CyGenics, will distribute CombiMatrix's microarrays.		19
CEM introduced the Discover S-Class System for microwave-enhanced synthesis.		19
CEM reported a 12% increase in fiscal 2005 revenues to $54.5 million.		35
CEM.		10
Cerno Bioscience.	Brief article	52
Chemicals: effective April 17, the EPA will require 52 manufacturers to conduct acute toxicity, repeat dose toxicity, developmental and reproductive toxicity, genetic toxicity, ecotoxicity and environmental fate tests of 17 high production volume (HPV) chemicals.		55
ChemImage.		62
Chenomx.		9
Chenomx.		21
China: as healthcare spending and Western influence increase, China's pharmaceuticals industry, made up of more than 4,000 small drug manufacturers, will continue to grow.		160
Cianflone.		44
Ciphergen Biosystems signed a research and license agreement with University College of London and UCL BioMedica.		29
Ciphergen.		22
Clemex.		37
Covaris.		16
Datacolor signals bid for GretagMacbeth.	Brief article	171
Ed Orzetti, president of VWR's Global Lab Business.		12
elementar.		32
Endpoint: attendance.		66
ESA Biosciences.		44
Exiqon A/S.		12
FDA issues list of critical path projects.		563
Fisher Biosciences' Pierce Biotechnology is distributing GenTel Biosciences.		20
Fisher buys molecular diagnostics company.	Brief article	266
Fisher Scientific and Invitrogen signed a European distribution agreement effective January 1 for specific customers within the research, life science and academic markets.		31
Fisher Scientific.		19
Following the acquisition of IonSpec earlier this year (see IBO 2/ 28/06), Varian launched the first commercially available 15Tesla Fourier Transform MS for improved mass accuracy, and dynamic range.	Brief article	59
For the first quarter of fiscal 2006, CEM's sales grew 124% to $14.7 million.		46
GBC Scientific also updated its Optimass ICP-MS systems, which is now the only commercially available time-of-flight ICP-MS.		44
GBC Scientific offered the compact, benchtop Quantima inductively coupled plasma spectrometer (ICP) with improved sensitivity and optional plasma torch protection system.		32
GBC Scientific.		38
GE Analytical Instruments.		106
GE Healthcare.		24
GE Healthcare.		13
Genevac.		11
GenTel Biosciences partnered with Taiwan-based Abnova.		11
GenTel Biosciences.		9
Germany: according to a new report from the Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Germany's R&D spending as a portion of GDP dropped to 2.48% in 2004, and its gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) rose to 54.9 billion [euro] ($66.1 billion), up 0.7% compared to 2003.		228
Government: in February, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the three-year, $14 million Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) initiative, which seeks to identify low-risk genetic mutations that in combination are linked with an increased risk for breast and prostate cancers.		94
Hamilton Sundstrand.	Brief article	77
Hitachi High-Technologies.	Brief article	67
IBO instrument and consumables stock indexes stagnant.		3842
Illumina.		23
In 2005, Biotage AB acquired Separtis Holding AG, the Austrian distributor for Argonaut products.		37
In December 2005, Applied Biosystems licensed Affymetrix.		12
In January, BD Biosciences agreed to acquire GeneOhm Sciences.		32
In January, CEM announced it is now selling its analytical and life science products.		17
In January, Ciphergen signed a distribution and marketing agreement with Techcomp.		29
In January, VWR promoted Matt Malenfant to senior vice president and president of North America, Lab Distribution and Services.		64
Invitrogen.		10
JEOL.	Brief article	52
Jordan Valley.		32
L-3 expands portfolio of security technologies.	Brief article	187
Last year, Shimadzu introduced the ICPE-9000 ICP spectrometer to the Japanese market, but Pittcon was its introduction to the US market.		39
Leica.	Brief article	55
Lumera is collaborating with Harvard Medical School.		33
Lumera partnered with Dendritic Nanotechnologies.		14
Malvern Instruments.		96
Market profile: high temperature LC columns.		452
Metrohm.	Brief article	59
Micromeritics.	Brief article	57
Netzsch.		29
NextGen Sciences will market and sell Proteomic Research Services' (PRS) proteomic analysis services as an extension of its ContractExpress service.		30
NextGen Sciences.		22
NT-MDT.		99
Oil: a new study by corporate advisors Harrison Lovegrove and research firm John S. Herold documents the recent mergers and acquisitions frenzy within the oil industry in the race to secure the sources of energy.		194