The use of 3-D cell culture technologies has grown in popularity for cell research, particularly for applications in cancer research and therapy, cell interactions, high-throughput screening and tissue engineering. In contrast to 2-D cell cultures, which are typically performed in petri dishes, 3-D cell cultures generally employ a scaffold or extracellular matrix (ECM), where cells […]
Chalfont St. Giles, England 1/6/13; Waltham, MA 1/6/13—GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences division has agreed to acquire Thermo Fisher Scientific’s cell culture media and sera, and gene modulation and magnetic bead businesses for $1.06 billion. The businesses’ estimated combined 2013 revenues were $250 million. The sale of the businesses was required by the EU for approval […]
Bonaduz, Switzerland 12/9/13—Hamilton has announced the acquisition of the Biotech sensors business of Fogale Nanotech for an undisclosed amount. The Biotech business provides biomass sensors that use the dielectric properties of living cells. The sensors are used for online monitoring for bioprocess optimization and control. “Fogale’s biomass sensors are the ideal addition to our product […]
Waltham, MA 11/26/13; Brussels, Belgium 11/26/13—The European Commission (EC) has cleared the merger of Thermo Fisher Scientific and Life Technologies (see IBO 4/15/13) with conditions. The EC found that the merger risked reduced competition in the European Economic Area with respect to the production and supply of media and sera for cell culture, gene silencing […]
Company Announcements Miltenyi Biotec opened an office in South Korea in June, enlarging its presence to six locations in five countries. IntelliCyt opened an office in Los Altos, California, in July. Bulldog Bio is now a North American distributor of Fluxion Biosciences’ products. In August, ViroCyt named Biotech Europe a distributor for the Commonwealth of […]
Madison, WI 7/24/13; Madison, WI 7/30/13—Cellular Dynamics International, a developer and manufacturer of fully functioning human cells in industrial quantities to precise specifications, has completed its IPO (see IBO 6/15/13, 7/15/13). The company offered 3,846,000 shares of common stock at a price of $12 per share, raising approximately $43 million after deducting underwriting discounts and […]
Company Announcements Miltenyi Biotec opened its first office in the Nordic and Baltic region in January in the city of Lund, Sweden, replacing the company’s distributor. Miltenyi Biotec partnered with Tree Star in January to distribute and support FlowJo 10 flow cytometry software in Europe, including Turkey and Israel. Miltenyi Biotech opened an office in […]
Rapid DNA analysis is a new technology designed to identify DNA samples in 90 minutes or less. The traditional method of performing DNA analysis involves several different platforms: sample preparation by extraction; amplification by PCR; separation, oftentimes by capillary electrophoresis (CE); and DNA identification by UV absorbance or fluorescence. This process generally takes over 10 […]
Santa Barbara, CA and Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 4/23/13—Biomedical research product provider Miltenyi Biotec has acquired Owl biomedical for an undisclosed amount. Owl is the developer of a microchip-based, high speed cell sorter using a disposable cartridge. “We immediately recognized the intrinsic value of Owl’s microchip-based technology for cell processing and its complement to our existing […]
Company Announcements Stratedigm named LK BioScience a distributor for South Korea and Biomed Diagnostics a distributor for Singapore. Becton, Dickinson and Company disclosed that the fair value of consideration transferred for Sirigen (see IBO 8/31/12) was $52 million in cash and $12 million in contingent consideration. In December 2012, IntelliCyt formed a collaborative marketing alliance […]
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