While most firms launched new mass spec systems, the larger focus was on developing and implementing the larger workflows surrounding these instruments.
Along with scientists from the University of Leicester, the researchers picked the Xevo TQ-S micro platform to do a pilot study on heart failure patient samples.
Driven by strong pharma demand, the company posted first quarter revenues of $475.2 million, beating the average Wall Street estimate of $472.2 million.
The company said that it acquired Nottingham, UK-based Midland in order to lower its future manufacturing expenses and reduce risk to its supply chain.
Revenues were up to $587 million in the quarter, compared to $584 million in Q4 2014. Foreign currency effects reduced Q4 2015 revenues by around 5 percent.
A new analysis suggests warming, not the arrival of humans, led to the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros thousands of years ago, the Economist reports.
Chinese health officials uncovered SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA on imported frozen food, but the New York Times reports catching COVID-19 that way would be unlikely.
