Instrument Business Outlook

1. The bottom line: data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar...
The Bottom Line Data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts in millions. Company Period Ended Sales Chg. Op. Prof. Biacore AB 1Q 31-Mar $16.8 ...
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2. Market profile: terahertz spectroscopy.
Instrumentation has been used to probe every region of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays. One of the last windows of the ...
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3. Nanotech 2005.
Sponsored by the Nano Science and Technology Institute, the eighth annual Nanotech2005 was held May 8-12 at the Marriott Hotel in Anaheim, California. The conference ...
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4. QIAGEN acquires Chinese company.
Venlo, The Netherlands, 6/13/05--QIAGEN NV has acquired Beijing-based Tianwei Times, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of nucleic acid sample preparation consumables, for around $2.0 million ...
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5. In March, Geneva Bioinformatics SA (GeneBio) and Current Science Group...
In March, Geneva Bioinformatics SA (GeneBio) and Current Science Group formed Current BioData, which will develop and distribute GeneBio's ProXenter Protein Exploration Center, a web-based ...
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6. Magellan Biosciences.
Last month, when Magellan Biosciences announced its third acquisition in less than a year (see IBO 5/31/05), the company's rapid emergence and acquisition strategy gained ...
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7. Revenues for Barloworld Scientific, which includes photonics company...
Revenues for Barloworld Scientific, which includes photonics company Melles Griot, as well as the Carbolite, Jenway, Stuart and Techne lab product businesses, declined 5.9% for ...
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8. Merck KGaA.
Merck KGaA's Life Science & Analytics division sales increased 1.0% to 774 million [euro] ($955.2 million) (see IBO 3/15/05). Organic sales grew 4.7%. Operating results ...
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9. Axygen Scientific formed Axygen Biosciences earlier this year to offer...
Axygen Scientific formed Axygen Biosciences earlier this year to offer laboratory products for genomic and proteomic applications. Axygen Scientific, a wholesaler whose products are sold ...
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10. Sigma-Aldrich.
Sigma-Aldrich sales grew 8.6% to $1.4 billion, including a 5.3% benefit from currency effects and a 1.1% benefit from acquisitions. Scientific Research revenue grew 8.5% ...
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