As everyone knows, the Great Recession or 2008 and 2009 has taken its toll on most industries and the biotools supply industry is no exception. However, there is real evidence that the light at the end of the tunnel is getting a bit brighter. Stimulus dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 have finally started to…

As a marketing consultancy that serves the research biotools industry, Percepta’s business is more or less directly linked to the market dynamics of life science research in general. These market dynamics can be – well … dynamic. For example, as noted in earlier posts, research funding is the engine that drives the research biotools industry and to a large…

Last October our little consultancy looked around and noticed things had begun to slow down a bit. New business wasn’t banging at the door and we had to face an unpleasant truth – we were not as immune to the economic downturn as we had hoped.

Percepta is a San Diego area marketing consultancy serving biological research tools suppliers. You…