Instrument Business Outlook

1. Spending weakens in first quarter.
In the face of slower spending by big pharma, weaker semiconductor spending and economic turmoil, calendar-year first-quarter revenues for major instrument and laboratory product companies ...
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2. MTS buys Chinese firm.
Eden Prairie, MN 4/29/08 -- MTS Systems has agreed to acquire SANS Group, a Chinese provider of materials testing products with annual sales of approximately ...
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3. Agilent sells PCR technology.
Madison, WI 5/30/08 -- Molecular diagnostics company Third Wave Technologies has agreed to acquire Stratagene's Full Velocity patents and patent applications from Agilent Technologies. The ...
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4. Leica expands histopathology business.
Wetzlar, Germany and St. Louis, MO 5/14/08 -- Leica Microsystems, a Danaher company, has acquired the assets of Coretech Holdings and McCormick Scientific for an ...
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5. ZyGEM.
New Zealand-based ZyGEM, a provider of enzyme-based reagents, opened its US headquarters in Solana Beach, California, in January.
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6. Invitrogen was named the exclusive provider of fluorescent miRNA microarray...
Invitrogen was named the exclusive provider of fluorescent miRNA microarray labeling kits using Genispheres' 3DNA dendrimer signal amplification technology.
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7. Sigma-Aldrich and MorphoSys AG will design, produce and distribute.
Sigma-Aldrich and MorphoSys AG will design, produce and distribute unique recombinant antibodies.
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8. In February, Exiqon A/S acquired Oncotech.
In February, Exiqon A/S acquired Oncotech, a US supplier of extreme drug resistance diagnostics tests for cancer, for $45 million.
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9. Exiqon A/S.
Exiqon A/S's 2007 revenues grew 15% to DKK 49.5 million ($9.1 million). Research product sales rose 84% to DKK 38.5 million ($7.1 million). Operating loss ...
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10. Ascent Scientific.
Ascent Scientific opened an office in New Jersey.
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