Seattle, WA and Carlsbad, CA- Invitrogen has agreed to acquire Xcyte Therapies’ cell expansion technology, including intellectual property, clinical data, raw materials and equipment, for $5 million in cash. In addition, Xcyte will also be entitled to a percentage of sublicensing revenue related to the intellectual property for therapeutic applications. “To Invitrogen, this transaction represents […]
Wilmington, MA –Process Monitoring and control technologies provider MKS Instruments has agreed to acquire Umetrics AB, a maker of multivariate data analysis and modeling software for semiconductor, pharmaceutical, petrochemical and manufacturing processes. Terms of the transaction were not announced. “I am pleased that our partnership with Umetrics has expanded beyond our exclusive license agreement, and […]
Venlo , The Netherlands and Foster City , CA – – QIAGEN N.V.Frankfurt , Prime Standard: QIA) and Applied Biosystems Group an Applera Corporation business announced that they have entered into a license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Applied Biosystems has granted a license to QIAGEN under the expanded Applied Biosystems PCR (polymerase […]
Boston, MA- PerkinElmer has acquired Biomatic, a provider of laboratory compliance and validation services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. “Biomatic is a proven leader in helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies achieve and maintain laboratory compliance in drug discovery and development, and quality control labs. This combination positions us well to support the ever changing […]
Palo Alto, CA —Agilent Technologies has acquired Molecular Imaging, a developer and manufacturer of atomic force microscopes (AFMs), including the PicoPlus modular AFM. “This is a strategic acquisition for Agilent because it complements our core strength of measurement technology while growing our presence in nanotechnology,”said Bob Burns, vice president of Agilent’s Nanotechnology Measurements Division. Molecular […]
BILTHOVEN, the Netherlands and EYNSHAM, UK, — ASM International N.V. (Nasdaq: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) and Oxford Instruments plc (LSE: OXIG) announced that they have signed an agreement granting Oxford Instruments a license on ASM’s patent portfolio relating to Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology. The license includes over 280 issued and published patents and […]
Woburn, MA, —Nova Analytics, a provider of water quality measurement instrumentation, has acquired ADS Corporation from Axel Johnson, Inc. ADS Corporation’s Accusonic division designs and manufactures multiple, parallel path transit time monitors for the hydroelectric and water transport industries andits ADS Environmental Services division provides acoustic Doppler technologies,analytical software and real-time, web-hosted reporting for the […]
Nova Analytics Corporation of Woburn, Massachusetts announced the acquisition of ADS Corporation a subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc. ADS Corporation manufactures and distributes flow measurement equipment and software. Collectively, the two divisions of ADS, ADS Environmental Services and Accusonic Technologies provide services to customers in over 40 countries and have conducted over 5000 flow measurement […]
Washington, DC- Danaher announced that its Hach subsidiary has purchased 10.7% of the outstanding shares of DKK-TOA for approximately $5 million and that DKK-TOA will become the exclusive Japanese distributor of several Hach products. DKK-TOA is a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of laboratory and process analytical instruments or environmental markets, primarily water quality.
Palo Alto-Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that a leading provider of advanced memory solutions has purchased multiple Agilent Versatest Series Model V5400s for testing NAND flash memory at wafer sort, targeting known good die (KGD) and data storage card applications. Agilent won the $25+ million agreement based on its industry-leading flash applications expertise, […]
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