Cerebral Spectroscopy and Centers of Distinction
Business in brief: what’s going on in analytical science?
Products and launches
- The TRACER 1000 MS-ETD, a mass spec explosives detector developed by Astrotech Corporation, had its first demo for shareholders in early December. The company believe TRACER can improve on the “shortcomings” of current ion mobility spectrometry systems, with near-zero false positive rates and an expanded list of compounds of interest. Read more
- Medical device company Cerebrotech has received CE approval for its Intracranial Fluids Monitor, which uses volumetric integral phase-shift spectroscopy to detect changes in distribution of brain fluids caused by ischemic stroke. Read more
Collaborations and acquisitions
- The fight against food fraud continues, with PerkinElmer and TeakOrigin collaborating on a new food authenticity platform. The research will combine Raman, mid-IR and NIR and molecular spectroscopy techniques with GC/MS, HPLC and wet chemistry to develop fast, portable food screening technology. Read more
- Phenom-World, a manufacturer of desktop scanning electron microscopy solutions, has been acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, who are integrating the company into their Analytical Instruments segment. Read more
- Last month, Eurofins Scientific acquired Brazilian company Pasteur Group – representing a new foray into the Latin American clinical diagnostics market. Read more
Company updates
- SCIEX has opened its Center of Distinction in collaboration with the National University of Singapore. Paul Matsudaira, who heads the Department of Biological Sciences at the university, said at the opening ceremony: “To be SCIEX’s first regional Center of Distinction is a particular honor for us […] With SCIEX, we want to be the place that trains the next generation.” Read more
- Bruker has consolidated its subsidiary companies in an attempt to streamline its internal structure. On January 1st, it was announced that Bruker Daltonics K.K., Bruker Optics K.K., and Bruker AXS K.K. have merged with Bruker BioSpin K.K., with the resulting company renamed Bruker Japan K.K. Read more
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