Entries by Monika Mahajani

Pharmaceutical Instrument Companies Rush to Meet Precision Medicine’s Demands

The demand for pharmaceuticals grows higher each year, as the global population ages and diseases once associated with so-called developed regions, become more prominent in other areas. As medical knowledge elucidates the underlying causes and mechanisms of various diseases in fine detail, approaches to disease treatment are shifting. With the rise of precision medicine, medical […]

Life Science Customer Experience: What You Need to Know

From when they first enter your website, to placing an order through a sales rep, to using technical support when setting up a new system — every time a scientist interacts with your company a branding opportunity presents itself. A dedicated customer experience program has a formal strategy to engage and satisfy, not merely serve. […]

IBO 2019 Industrial Design Awards Announced

Los Angeles, CA 8/15/19—The August 15, 2019 issue of Instrument Business Outlook (IBO) featured the winners of the annual IBO Design Awards for excellence in the industrial design of analytical and portable instruments, as well as laboratory equipment. The winners of the 2019 Awards demonstrate how innovative industrial design can enhance a product’s functionality and the end-user’s experience. The […]

UK Labs Report Product Purchase Delays Due to Brexit

The long road to a resolution of the Brexit situation appeared to be nearing an end earlier this year, with the deadline set for March 29 to finalize how Britain would exit the EU. A “hard” Brexit, the case if no EU-Britain agreement is reached, would remove Britain from the EU’s single market among other […]

Top Ten Instrument Companies – Then and Now

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of SDI’s first Global Assessment Report in December of 1989. This was our first attempt to provide a comprehensive look at the entire analytical instrument industry. The spiral-bound tome weighed in at a trim 136 pages plus appendices. Over the ensuing 30 years, we have expanded […]

Extractables and Leachables in Single-Use Bioprocessing

Single-use or disposable biomanufacturing replaces stainless steel tanks, bioreactors, and plumbing with plastic, to provide flexibility, agility, and speed to the production of therapeutic proteins. A recent market study estimates demand for for Single Use Upstream Processing to grow at up to 15% per year through 2021, when demand will reach $3.7 billion.. As disposable processing worked […]

Extractables and Leachables in Single-Use Bioprocessing

Single-use or disposable biomanufacturing replaces stainless steel tanks, bioreactors, and plumbing with plastic, to provide flexibility, agility, and speed to the production of therapeutic proteins. A recent market study estimates demand for for Single Use Upstream Processing to grow at up to 15% per year through 2021, when demand will reach $3.7 billion. As disposable processing worked […]