Recently added articles from Instrument Business Outlook:
New R&D laboratories.
Sep 30, 2008 ... In the second installment of IBO's twice yearly look at new laboratories, we examine nonprofit projects in the US, new pharmaceutical and contract research organization (CRO) labs, as well as new food testing and food R&D labs. Nonprofits and Medical Schools The ...
Fluidigm withdraws IPO.(Executive Briefing: News & Views for Executives)
Sep 30, 2008 ... New York, NY 9/22/08; South San Francisco, 9/26/08--Citing market instability, Fluidigm has withdrawn its registration statement for an IPO. Fluidigm, which develops microfluidic systems for drug development (see IBO 4/30/08), had originally planned to begin trading on September 19, but ...
Invitrogen announces post-merger structure.(Executive Briefing: News & Views for Executives)
Sep 30, 2008 ... Carlsbad, CA 9/16/08; Carlsbad, CA and Foster City, CA 9/17/08; Carlsbad, CA 9/26/08--Invitrogen has completed the syndication of the $2.65 billion in financing for its acquisition of Applied Biosystems (ABI) (see IBO 6/15/08). Thirty bank lenders have committed to a Term Loan A in the ...
GE buys microcalorimetry firm.(Executive Briefing: News & Views for Executives)(General Electric Co. GE Healthcare)(Brief article)
Sep 30, 2008 ... Chalfont St. Giles, England 9/30/08; Boston, MA 9/30/08--GE Healthcare has acquired MicroCal, a developer and manufacturer of microcalorimeters, for an undisclosed amount from majority owner Riverside Partners and other investors. MicroCal's 2008 revenues are estimated to be $28 million, ...
XRD flourishes in a broad market.
Sep 30, 2008 ... An X-ray diffraction (XRD) system transmits X-ray beams to a sample (generally a single crystal, metallic solid or a powder) and records the diffraction pattern that occurs when the X-ray photons encounter the inter-atomic gaps within the crystal structure. The results from the scattered ...