In April, YSI acquired the environmental division of AMJ Equipment, its southeastern US selling partner, which has been renamed AMJ Environmental. Sensicore appointed Kenneth Ogan, PhD, former vice president of technology for Danaher’s Environmental Water Quality Group, as vice president of R&D and Douglas Reed, formerly with Agilent, as vice president of Sales.
In April, Veeco Instruments appointed Jeannine M. Sargent, executive vice president of Metrology and Instrumentation, Corporate Marketing and Business Development, as executive vice president, Business Development. Under a collaboration agreement, Veeco and Leica Microsystems GmbH will integrate their respective BioScope II atomic force microscope (AFM) and DMI series inverted microscope for cell biology applications. Veeco […]
St. Louis, MS and Richmond, CA 7/10/07—Sigma-Aldrich has licensed Sangamo BioSciences’ zinc finder DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs) for development of research reagents for the regulation of gene expression in living cells. Sigma-Aldrich also acquired rights to sublicense the technology for research applications. Sigma-Aldrich will initially pay Sangamo $13.75 million in the form of an upfront licensing […]
In the June 30 issue, IBO examined the acquisition of molecular diagnostic providers by companies traditionally associated with research instrumentation and products. QIAGEN NV is one such company. QIAGEN currently offers 34 CE-marked IVD assays, six CE-marked IVD sample preparation products, nine China State Food and Drug Administration– approved IVD assays and one FDA 510K-approved […]
Edison, NJ and Hamburg, Germany 7/11/07—Eppendorf AG has agreed to acquire New Brunswick Scientific for approximately $110 million. Eppendorf will acquire the outstanding common stock for $11.50 per share, a 43% premium over the July 10 closing price, and will settle all outstanding stock options for cash. New Brunswick Scientific will become a subsidiary of […]
SGE Analytical Services signed a joint R&D agreement with the Australian Proteome Facility for applications of its ProteCol LC platform and microfabrication technologies for protein biomarker discovery. Waters entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory to develop trace level analytical methods for detecting perfluorinated compounds in soil […]
Tecan elected Heinrich Fischer, former CEO of the Saurer Group, and Jürg Meier, former head of the Novartis Venture Fund, to its board, replacing Heino von Prondzynski, who resigned, and Timothy Anderson. The April election defeated candidates and motions put forward by BB Medtech, the company’s largest shareholder. NanoString Technologies is developing with Applied Precision […]
Rochester, NY 7/9/07—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired the assets of the OptiCell product line, consumable products for cell culture growth, from BioCrystal for an undisclosed amount. Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Nalge Nunc International subsidiary has exclusively distributed the product since last year. “This acquisition helps us leverage and further develop OptiCell as a next generation cell […]
Pittsburgh, PA 7/2/07—Mettler-Toledo has sold its Berger SFC (Supercritical Fluid Chromatography) division to Thar Technologies for an undisclosed amount. “The combination of Berger SFC and Thar Instruments will result in a fully integrated SFC instrumentation company that will have the necessary critical mass to further penetrate the rapidly developing analysis and purification market, while providing […]
Graz, Austria 6/29/07—Anton Paar GmbH has acquired German company Dr. Wolfgang Kerchen GmbH, a maker of refractometers and polarimeters, effective July 1. Dr. Wolfgang Kerchen’s primary market is the sugar industry and it has served as the exclusive supplier of high-precision refractometers to Anton Paar.
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