Instrument Business Outlook

1. Sizing up pharmaceutical particle analysis.
As the largest market for particle size and distribution analysis, the pharmaceutical industry accounted for approximately 15% of the sales of instruments and aftermarket products ...
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2. New labs open across the globe.
In the first of IBO's twice yearly look at new labs, IBO covers new laboratory construction in China and Singapore, along with new laboratories in ...
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3. Bruker forecasts $12 million in foreign exchange losses.
Billerica, MA 4/21/08 -- Bruker has announced it will incur approximately $12 million in pretax foreign exchanges losses in the first quarter, which are forecasted ...
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4. BASF buys majority of high-throughput experimentation firm.
Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, Germany 4/3/08 -- Chemical firm BASF SE has acquired a 75% stake plus one share in hte AG, a provider of high-throughput ...
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5. Varian teams with Proxeon for nano LC/MS.
Odense, Denmark 4/28/08; Palo Alto, CA 4/28/08 -- Proxeon A/S has entered into an OEM agreement to provide its nanoscale Easy-nLC system to Varian for ...
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6. Fluidigm files for IPO.
South San Francisco, CA 4/16/08 -- Fluidigm, which develops, manufactures and sells Integrated Fluidic Circuit systems (IFCs) for life science research, has filed for an ...
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7. NextGen to exit instrument business.
Huntingdon, UK 4/23/08 -- NextGen Sciences has announced that it plans to divest or dissolve its software and instrumentation business and its protein production business ...
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8. Markets trend higher for IBO indexes.
This month, the markets were extremely resilient, as they shrugged off profuse negative economic data to finish the month in positive territory. For the first ...
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9. Japan.
Japan: Japan's recent experience, in which Chinese-manufactured, pesticide-laden gyoza poisoned 10 citizens, has prompted the government to restructure the inspection and labeling of imported and ...
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10. Brazil.
Brazil: From 2000 to 2006, the Brazilian government's investment in nanotechnology research amounted to BRL 170.2 million ($81.5 million). Current funding includes BRL 58.6 million ...
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