Getting Down to Business
What’s going on in the analytical sciences?
Each month, in collaboration with www.mass-spec-capital.com, we’ll be looking at four different areas of business – collaborations, acquisitions, products and appointments – so that you can keep abreast of what’s going on in the world of analytical sciences. As a taster, here are the Top Five of each – from ASMS 2015 to ASMS 2016.
To give you food for thought – and to invite you to take part in the discussion –we offer a few questions: What will be the role of miniaturized mass spectrometers? Chinese company Bohui has acquired Advion; what about companies like 908 Devices and Microsaic? Will the big mass spec players enter the game with their own developments or simply buy the technology (or both)?
What about the shopping sprees of Thermo Fisher Scientific and Danaher? Will they have an impact on the world of mass spec and chromatography or will it make no difference to players like Waters and Bruker, who stick more closely to analytical roots?
Finally, can young entrepreneurs rise to the top of fast-growing start-ups or established players? Or is senior level management reserved for those with decades-long experience?
Collaborations
- Agilent & Waters (OpenLAB/Empower) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-95725.html]
- OmicScouts & Pelago Bioscience (Cellular Thermal Shift Assay/MS-based proteomic test) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-95729.html]
- Thermo Fisher Scientific & Gladstone Institutes, Thermo Fisher Scientific Proteomics Facility (mass spectrometry/drug target identification) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-95930.html]
- Sciex & Metabolon (Lipidyzer Platform/lipidomics) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-99568.html]
- Agilent Technologies & Thermo Fisher Scientific (OpenLAB/Chromeleon) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-98444.html]
Acquisitions/investments
- Advion >> Beijing Bohui Innovation Technology (acquisition, June 2016) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-95822.html]
- Affymetrix >> Thermo Fisher Scientific (acquisition, Jan 2016) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-99452.html]
- Pall Corp >> Danaher (acquisition -merger, May 2015) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-95427.html]
- Seahorse Bioscience >> Agilent (acquisition, Sep–Nov 2015) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-97207.html]
- AMS Laboratories >> Eurofins (acquisition, Mar 2016) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-100814.html]
Products
- Helios mass cytometry system (CyTOF platform) – Fluidigm Corporation [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/product/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-24876.html]
- Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid mass spectrometer – Thermo Scientific [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/product/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-24877.html]
- 6470 Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System – Agilent Technologies [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/product/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-24919.html]
- Expression E compact mass spectrometer – Advion [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/product/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-24925.html]
- MALDI PharmaPulse HTS Solution for Drug Discovery – Bruker [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/product/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-24951.html]
Appointments
- Chris O’Connell >> Waters (CEO) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-95951.html]
- Shuzo Maruyama >> Shimadzu (General Manager, Analytical & Measuring Div.) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-96847.html]
- Jim Ramage >> Microsaic (CEO) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-98984.html]
- John Ornell >> Bruker (Board Director) [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-97153.html]
- Andrew Anderson >> ACD Labs (VP Business Development). [http://www.mass-spec-capital.com/index-term/tas-msc-asms-special-may-2016-2001-99226.html]
Marcus Lippold, an economist by training, was born in Bremen, Germany (where he remains). “Actually, I started out as singer and songwriter in a band and wrote over 100 hundred German-language songs,” he says. Marcus also worked for eight years as a researcher at the University of Bremen, focusing on intellectual property rights and organization in the biotech and pharma industry. “In 2003, I founded [iito] Business Intelligence for the life sciences market,” says Marcus, “And in 2010, [iito] launched the business web portal Mass-Spec-Capital.com, dedicated to the worldwide mass spec industry, with two further life sciences web portals following suit”.
Rich Whitworth completed his studies in medical biochemistry at the University of Leicester, UK, in 1998. To cut a long story short, he escaped to Tokyo to spend five years working for the largest English language publisher in Japan. "Carving out a career in the megalopolis that is Tokyo changed my outlook forever. When seeing life through such a kaleidoscopic lens, it's hard not to get truly caught up in the moment." On returning to the UK, after a few false starts with grey, corporate publishers, Rich was snapped up by Texere Publishing, where he spearheaded the editorial development of The Analytical Scientist. "I feel honored to be part of the close-knit team that forged The Analytical Scientist – we've created a very fresh and forward-thinking publication." Rich is now also Content Director of Texere Publishing, the company behind The Analytical Scientist.
