Biotechnology Research Equipment Industry Competitors

AES Laboratoire produces and distributes a complete range of microbial testing instruments and equipment. Whether for quality assurance or national security, clients from 21 countries in industries from food production to pharmaceuticals contract with AES to assure the quality and safety of products and to monitor possible hazards in various working environments....

Ambion won't put you to sleep. (That would be Sanofi-Synthelabo's Ambien.) The company makes RNA-based research products for the life sciences markets. Its Ambion Diagnostics division designs and makes RNA-based tests to detect such diseases as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)....

If you're exploring the latest scientific frontiers, Applied Biosystems (formerly Applera) has some tools for the journey. The firm makes instrument systems, along with related consumables, software, and services, that let researchers analyze nucleic acids and proteins....

Asterand operates a biorepository, but cast out of your mind any visions of pickled livers and brains floating in large clear jars. The company collects donated specimens of diseased tissue and sells them to researchers to help them better understand and treat such ailments as prostate, breast, and lung cancer, as well as autoimmune, cardiovascular, inflammatory, psychiatric, and respiratory conditions....

Because human hands are too clumsy and elf and fairy labor doesn't come cheap, AutoDose makes high-precision powder dispensing and weighing equipment to fill capsules with pharmaceutical powders. A combination of robotics and software, the company's Powdernium brand gravimetric dispensing equipment can measure out precise doses of powdered materials, and then tip them into capsules, crucibles, tubes, or vials....

AVIVA Biosciences develops biochips to speed drug discovery and research. The chips help researchers learn how cells interact with each and their environment which in turn helps scientists to create drugs that target those behaviors. The firm is also developing a means for isolating hard-to-detect rare cells from blood samples; this technology could be used in prenatal care, such as detecting Down syndrome in the first trimester of pregnancy....

With tools from BioTrove, researchers can mine the treasure trove of information encoded in genetic material...and still make it home in time for dinner. The company makes life science research systems that allow scientists to rapidly prepare and test multiple genetic samples at once....

Caliper Life Sciences helps researchers avoid teeny-tiny spills with its microfluid chips and liquid handling technologies. The firm's LabChip microchips incorporate short glass tubes (Caliper's patented "sipper" technology) to extract samples and internal channels that hold fluids for analysis and experimentation....

Capital Genomix hopes to capitalize on a mix of genes and mice. The company plans to develop and commercialize immunotherapy drugs and diagnostics based on its two proprietary technologies, GeneSystem320 and ImmunoMouse. GeneSystem 320 is a gene expression system that can be used to analyze genes using a defined set of reagents....

Cellectis has found a cure for bad genes. The company develops technologies involving the research and development of rational genome engineering (making changes in the genetics of a cell or organism). The company's research is primarily based on the Meganucleasus, a natural classification of DNA that isolates unique breaks at key locations within living cells....

For some, this company's market presence is a 'Cyt' for sore eyes. Cytomyx develops protein-based tools for early-stage drug discovery and development. Cytomyx manufactures a product line designed to predict and eliminate drug candidates due to issues of toxicity or poor efficacy....

Diatos wants to say "adios" to the Big C. The private biopharmaceutical company develops therapies for cancer and other diseases with the help of its two key product lines: Diatos Peptide Vector (DPV) is a technology leveraging intra-cellular and intra-nuclear delivery, while its Tumor-Selective Prodrug (TSP) technology uses anti-cancer compounds for utilizing cancer targeting....

Exalpha Biologicals supplies drug and medical device researchers with reagents, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, assay kits, and other biological products used in their R&D work. The company offers some 350 products. The company distributes its products internationally through a network of some 30 different partners....

Nanotechnology meets microfluidics in the pursuit of biotechnology at GeneFluidics. The company is developing technology to find and identify DNA and RNA, proteins, and small molecules without the use of amplification methods, reducing the time and cost of research....

Genetix makes genetic research equipment and supplies and provides research services for life sciences and pharmaceutical development. The company's three central areas of research are cell biology, genomics, and proteomics. Genetix's cell biology research contends with selection of cells for therapeutic protein production....

Hybrigenics wants to open a new pathway towards the fight against cancer. Established in 1997, the drug discovery company zeroes in on new drug targets and therapeutic biological components with the help of its computer programs involving protein sequencing and other high tech chemical screening techniques....

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is there for you when you need some oligonucleotides in a pinch. Oligonucleotides (oligos) are essentially short strands of DNA used by researchers to develop new drugs, to create tests for genetic and infectious diseases, and to develop agricultural products....

KREATECH Biotechnology has created many means to keep track of genes. The company develops tools used by pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers to detect and label RNA, DNA, and proteins. Its labeling kits, DNA probes, and other products are used in applications such as drug development and the diagnosis of disease....

When you want 20 microns of liquid placed just so on a lab plate, Labcyte can help. The company sells automated dispensing systems, plate assemblers, microplates, and labware supplies. Labcyte's products are built around a liquid management technology it calls Acoustic Droplet Ejection (ADE) which uses sound energy to move miniscule bits of liquid without any physical contact during transfer....

Mirus Bio provides gene transfer technologies to the pharmaceutical industry. The company's reagent kits assist researchers with in vitro transfection, in vivo delivery, DNA and RNA labeling, and RNA interference. Besides its kits, Mirus Bio is also developing its own therapies based on its intravenous technology, called Pathway IV, that facilitates the delivery of plasmid DNA to targeted muscles....