Analytic Separations Industry Review 2005

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• AMPLIFICATION
  • Northwestern Tests for Alzheimer's Disease
  • Columbia Researchers Develop Diagnostic Tool
    • Columbia Researchers Develop Diagnostic Tool (Continued)
  • NAAT Test Detects HIV
• CHROMATOGRAPHY
  • XPLC System Offers Higher Pressure
  • Phenomenex Reveals Monolithic Columns
  • Voltammetric Detector Devised in Taiwan
  • ZirChrom to Unveil Next-Gen Columns
  • GC-MS Planned for Mars Science Lab
  • Varian Expands FactorFOUR
  • ESA Biosciences Takes Home PITTCON Award
  • Mushrooms Pack a Nutritional Punch
  • Promoting A Benign Process
  • Agilent Offers Complex Column
  • Column Made for Biomarker Research
  • Stationary Phase Withstands 200-C
  • Thermo Electron Offers 2D GCxGC
  • SCF Advanced for Pharm Applications
• ELECTROPHORESIS
  • Miniature On-line Screening System
  • Researchers Investigate 2D in Single Capillary
  • Novel Microchip Aids Protein Analysis
  • SARS Confirmation Test Developed
  • Microchip Improves Heat Dissipation
  • QIAGEN Launches Sample Prep Product
  • Chip System Enables Subsecond Chiral
  • Microchip Enables Continuous Monitoring
  • Australians Examine Male Infertility
  • SpectruMedix Expands Its Markets
• HYBRID AND NOVEL TECHNIQUES
  • Pesticide Analysis by Finnigan PolarisQ
  • Automatic Testing Of Drug Impurities
  • Icoria Gets Notice of Metabolomics Allowance
  • CSIRO Improves Oil Exploration Success
    • CSIRO Improves Oil Exploration Success (continued)
  • Thin-Layer Can Be Coupled With MS
  • Laser Research Could Improve Oil Exploration
    • Laser Research Could Improve Oil Exploration (Continued)
  • Agilent Offers HPLC- Chip/MS System
  • Boston U. Probes Ancient Dye Secrets
    • Boston U. Probes Ancient Dye Secrets (Continued)
  • Grape Components Inhibit Enzymes
  • DOE Studies Protein Structure
    • DOE Studies Protein Structure (Continued)
  • Ciphergen Issued SELDI-TOF-MS Patent
• INDUSTRY NEWS
  • Pall Acquires Europflow
  • Varian Authorizes Stock Repurchase
  • Program to Highlight Nanotechnology
  • ZirChrom to Develop Chiral Products
  • PittCon 2005 Editors Choose Top Picks
  • GenWay to Provide Beckman with Biobeads
  • Agilent Brings Genomics to India
  • Georgia Tech/Emory Receive $11.5 M Award
    • Georgia Tech/Emory Receive $11.5 M Award (Continued)
    • Georgia Tech/Emory Receive $11.5 M Award (Continued)
  • DOE Provides $12 M to Consortium
  • GenoLogics Forms Strategic Partnership
  • Pathologist to Market ALS Test
    • Pathologist to Market ALS Test (Continued)
  • Varian Detects WMDs in Cargo
  • LEGAL ACTIONS
    • Court Rules on Cambridge Action
    • Abbott Requests Appeal
    • SpectRx Initiates Litigation Against Abbott
    • Mergen Ltd. Settles Patent Litigation
    • Court Invalidates Applera Patent
    • Court Confirms ABI Ruling
    • Abbott Granted Permission to Appeal
  • BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS
    • Beckman Signs Distribution Deal
    • Illumina Reduces Damages
    • U.K. Court Rules Against Abbott
    • NVE Awarded More Funding
    • Invitrogen, Illumina Sign DNA Product Pact
    • Bio-Rad Gets FDA Approval
    • Predicant Biosciences Licenses Biomarker
    • Thermo Electron and SOTAX Collaborate
    • Nanogen Completes Epoch Merger
    • Varian to Sell Off Electronics Mfg.
    • Bio-Rad gets FDA OK
    • Nanogen Issued Microchip Patent
    • ASD Celebrates Milestones
    • Thermo Electron Opens Manufacturing Site
    • Nanogen Signs License Agreement
    • SFBC International Opens Toronto Laboratory
    • Agilent, Bruker Daltonics Extend Collaboration
    • ABI/MDS SCIEX Extends Product Line
    • Oxford, GE Announce Licensing Deal
    • Affymetrix, bioMerieux Extend GeneChip Agreement
    • Abbott Inks RECAF Agreement
    • CapitalBio, Affymetrix Join Forces
    • ESA Biosciences Acquires Richard Scientific
    • Cancer Institute to Test Proteomic System
    • Isis' TIGER Awarded $1.5 Million
    • Applied Biosystems Named Top Supplier
    • Cancer Institute Selects MassARRAY
    • SpectruMedix Inks Distribution Agreement
    • Affymetrix Expects Record 4Q Revenue
    • Kendro Acquisition Completed
    • Affymetrix Products Drive Revenues
    • Accelr8 Reports 1Q Results
    • Beckman Coulter Reports Growth in 4th
    • Biosite Reports Strong Growth
    • Applied Biosystems Sales Rise
    • Millipore Reports 4Q Results
    • PerkinElmer Posts Higher 4Q Profit
    • Thermo Electron Profits Increase
    • Varian Sales Grow 11%
    • Waters 4Q Earnings Rise
    • Bio-Rad Net Income Slips
    • Bruker BioSciences Profit Rises
    • Cambridge Antibody Pretax Loss Widens
    • Ciphergen Biosystems Q4 Profit Rises
    • Isis Reports Results
    • Invitrogen Q4 Profit More Than Doubles
    • Pall Corp Q2 Profit Rises
    • Point Therapeutics to Sell 3.65M Shares
    • Thermo Electron 4Q Earnings Double
    • SpectRx Reports 4th Quarter
    • O.I. Corp. Sales Rise
    • Bruker Adjusting 2004 Results
    • Dionex Reports Third Quarter Results
    • Waters Sales Grow 5% in 1Q
    • Applied Biosystems Reports 3Q
    • Thermo Electron Sees 15% Growth in Earnings
    • Affymetrix Reports 1st Quarter Results
    • Illumina Offers 1Q Report
    • PerkinElmer Earnings Rise
    • Bio-Rad Reports 1Q Result
    • Nanogen Reports Preliminary Results
    • CAS Medical Systems Revenues Grow
    • Ciphergen Revenues Drop
    • Bio-Rad Completes Exchange Offer
    • Isis Pharmaceuticals Reports Financial Results
    • Thermo Electron to Issue Senior Notes
    • ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS
      • Invitrogen to Buy Zymed Labs
      • Illumina to Buy CyVera Corp.
      • Thermo Electron Buys NITON LLC
      • Invitrogen Acquires Dynal
      • Bio-Rad Offers to Acquire BioSource International
      • Beckman Coulter to Buy Agencourt Bioscience
      • Thermo Electron Buys Rupprecht and Patashnick
      • Illumina Completes Cyvera Purchase
      • QIAGEN Acquires artus Gmbh
    • People
      • Nanogen Names Robert Saltmarsh CFO
      • Isis Pharmaceuticals Appoints Treble CEO of Ibis Program
      • Nanogen Names Saltmarsh CFO
      • Gajewski Joins Point Therapeutics' Advisory Board
      • Illumina Names Rastetter Chairman
      • Agilent Technologies appoints senior vice president
      • ViOptix Names VP and CFO
      • Beckman Coulter Names Non-Exec Chairman
      • Invitrogen names Reynolds to Board
      • PerkinElmer Appoints O'Hara Senior VP
      • BIOCOM Adds Board Members
      • Genitope Appoints Research VP
      • Protiveris Strengthens Team With CTO Appointment
    • COLLABORATION
      • ABI/MDS, Biocrates Collaborate
      • Laureate Pharma, EMD Team Up
      • GeneBio, Current Science Group Form JV Platform
    • COMMENTARY
      • 2004: A Look Back, A Look Ahead
        • 2004: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Continued)
        • 2004: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Continued)
        • 2004: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Continued)
      • Biosensor Market on the Rise
      • DNA Sequencing Field Transforming
      • Gas Sensor Demand and Innovation Remains Strong
        • Gas Sensor Demand and Innovation Remains Strong (Continued)
        • Gas Sensor Demand and Innovation Remains Strong (Continued)
• MEMBRANES
  • Vivascience Intros Vivapure Kit
  • U.S. Membrane Market to Reach $6.9 Billion by 2009
    • Table 1 U.S. MARKET FOR MEMBRANES IN SEPARATING AND NON-SEPARATING APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Figure 1 U.S. MARKET FOR MEMBRANES IN SEPARATING AND NON-SEPARATING APPLICATIONS, 2002-2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Global MBR market is expected to approach $363 million in 2010
    • Table 2 GLOBAL MARKET FOR MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Global RO SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR WATER TREATMENT to cross $3 billion by 2010
    • Table 3 VALUE OF RO SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR WATER TREATMENT BY REGION, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Figure 2 VALUE OF RO SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR WATER TREATMENT BY REGION, 1990-2010 ($ MILLIONS)
• MICROARRAYS and BIOSENSORS
  • Agilent Makes Cancer Advance
  • Affymetrix System Cleared by FDA
  • SuperArray Bioscience Offers Data Verification
  • Accelr8 to Work with Schott Nexterion
  • Agilent Enables Genomic Hybridization
  • Mergen Launches OEM Business
  • Texas A&M Team Creates Lab-on-a-Chip
  • Alcohol Symposium Addresses Genetics
    • Alcohol Symposium Addresses Genetics (continued)
  • Nanogen Smart Chip Patent
  • Robot Finds Life in Atacama Desert
    • Robot Finds Life in Atacama Desert (continued)
  • Microbes Build a Better Nanoworld
    • Microbes Build a Better Nanoworld (continued)
  • ASU Detects DNA mutations
  • Caliper Issues Microarray License
  • Protiveris Installs VeriScan System
  • Asterand, CompuCyte Collaborate
  • NVE Notified of Patent Grant
  • Sequenom Launches Genotyping Assay
  • UColo Receives Keck Grant
  • Affymetrix to Acquire ParAllele BioScience
  • Nanogen Patents Biomarker Discovery
  • Bead Array Speeds DNA Blood Typing
  • Stanford Illuminates Brain Cells
    • Stanford Illuminates Brain Cells (continued)
  • Jivan Launches Splice Arrays
• PERIPHERALS
  • Waters Unveils SunFire Columns
  • Metabolic Profiling Software Released
  • Thermo Introduces New GC Columns
  • Paper Strips Spot Noroviruses
  • Sigma Offers Custom AQUA Peptides
• SPECTROMETRY
  • Thermo Electron Delivers Twin Automation
  • Advion Releases Enhancements
  • Nicolet Provides FT-IR Solution
  • Advion Augments Nanomate System
  • Applied Biosystems Partners with MDs
  • SARS Surveillance Method Uses MS
  • Laser Beam for Smarter Proteonics
  • Arizona U. Boosts Explosive Detection
    • Arizona U. Boosts Explosive Detection (Continued)
  • Teardrops May Speed Diagnosis
  • Lung Cancer Markers Discovered
  • Johns Hopkins Develops Facile Protein ID Tool
  • UCR Chemist Discovers Key Protein Location
    • UCR Chemist Discovers Key Protein Location (continued)
• SPECTROSCOPY
  • Laser Technique Used in Forensics
  • Oxford Instruments' First 950MHz System
  • Lawrence Berkeley Observes Ions
    • Lawrence Berkeley Observes Ions (continued)
  • River Diagnostics Offers NIR-Raman
  • Identifying Starved Hearts
  • Waters Q-Tof Now MALDI-Enabled
  • MRI Improves Tumor Removal
  • FDA Clears Way for MRI Agent
  • Superconductor Mystery Deepens
  • Envisat Checks Regional Emissions
    • Envisat Checks Regional Emissions (continued)
  • Flow of Excitation Energy Mapped
    • Flow of Excitation Energy Mapped (Continued)
  • Salt-Tolerant Cold Probe
  • Determining Prostate Cancer Prognosis
    • Determining Prostate Cancer Prognosis (continued)
  • Varian, LipoScience Co-Develop System
  • Magnet-Free High Resolution NMR
  • CAS Medical Files Premarket Notification
  • Varian Unveils MRI System
  • Device Diagnoses Atherosclerosis
  • Gutenberg Bibles Pigments Identified
    • Gutenberg Bibles Pigments Identified (continued)
    • Gutenberg Bibles Pigments Identified (continued)
• LIST OF TABLES
  • Table 1 U.S. MARKET FOR MEMBRANES IN SEPARATING AND NON-SEPARATING APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 2 GLOBAL MARKET FOR MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 3 VALUE OF RO SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR WATER TREATMENT BY REGION, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
• LIST OF FIGURES
  • Figure 1 U.S. MARKET FOR MEMBRANES IN SEPARATING AND NON-SEPARATING APPLICATIONS, 2002-2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Figure 2 VALUE OF RO SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR WATER TREATMENT BY REGION, 1990-2010 ($ MILLIONS)