Instrument Business Outlook

1. Energy.
Energy: A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outlines approaches to two scenarios for cutting global carbon dioxide levels by 2050. In the ...
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2. Government.
Government: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced changes to its peer review system for grant applications that are to be instituted over 18 ...
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3. The bottom line.
Data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts in millions. Company Period Ended Sales Bohit Oy 1Q 31-Mar $121.0 Biotage AB 1Q 31-Mar $18.2 Biotage ...
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4. Miltenyi Biotec buys homogenizer company.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 6/9/08--Miltenyi Biotec GmbH has purchased Medic Tools AG, which sells the Dispomix homogenization system. The companies collaborated to develop the gentleMACS Dissociator.
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5. First-quarter growth for Life Science Sales Index slows.
This issue, IBO has made a couple of changes to its Life Science Sales Index. Beckman Coulter's Life Science division, which includes the company's centrifugation, ...
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6. Analytical instruments drive Shimadzu's growth.
Shimadzu is Japan's largest analytical instrument maker and the world's sixth largest analytical instrument company (see IBO 4/15/08). On May 29, Shimadzu President and CEO ...
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7. Pharmaceutical.
Pharmaceutical: A new study funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and conducted by researchers at Duke University and Harvard Law School finds that Indian ...
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8. Belgium.
Belgium: Belgium's biotech sector consists of over 140 companies, represents 5% of European biotech firms, and 10,000 employees. In 2006, industry revenues totaled 3 billion ...
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9. India.
India: May's inaugural meeting of the India Chemical Council highlighted the 8.9% growth for the country's chemical industry from 2006 to 2007. The industry has ...
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10. China.
China: In a yearly report released earlier this month, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection announced progress on pollution reduction. In 2007, sulfur dioxide emissions fell ...
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