London, UK 4/21/16; Paris, France 4/21/16—Global technology firm Smiths has agreed to acquire Morpho Detection, a provider of explosives detection systems (EDSs), for a total of $723.7 million in cash, but includes net cash of $13.7 million, from Safran, a high-technology company. Smiths’ Detection division provides products for the detection of explosives, chemical and radioactive […]
Newark, CA and Lebanon, NH 4/26/16—DNA2.0, a supplier of bioengineering solutions, has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of MIGS. MIGS is a CRO organization that specializes in antibody and antibody-like molecular humanization and production for preclinical studies using micrograms to grams of protein. Financial details were not disclosed. […]
Sunnyvale, CA 4/18/16; Sunnyvale, CA 4/21/16—Publicly held Japanese materials and polymer firm JSR has established a new business unit, JSR Life Sciences, which includes its large-scale purification and chromatography, exosome, magnetic and latex bead, biopolymer, surface chemistry and microfluidic products for life science and diagnostic markets. Eric R. Johnson was named head of the unit. […]
Waltham, MA 4/25/16; Luxembourg 4/25/16—PerkinElmer announced that it has sold its US prenatal screening lab services business, PerkinElmer Labs/NTD, to testing firm Eurofins Scientific for an undisclosed amount. Based in Melville, New York, with 80 employees, PerkinElmer Labs/NTD generated 2015 revenues of $20 million. ”Recent changes to US health care reform continue to drive the […]
Company Announcements In January, IKA promoted Refika Bilgic to CEO of US-based IKA Works. PerkinElmer acquired Vanadis Diagnostics, a developer of a solution for NIPT based on digital analysis of cell-free DNA. The solution is designed to provide automated testing for routine use by high-throughput biochemistry labs as well as genetic labs. In February, PerkinElmer […]
Melbourne, Australia 4/5/16—Trajan Scientific and Medical, a provider of products for biological, environmental and food-related measurements, has purchased automation provider LEAP Technologies for an undisclosed amount. LEAP Technologies provides solutions for automation of GC, LC and MS systems. “Trajan has a technology-rich development pipeline of disruptive sampling and sample preparation products speeding towards commercialization, and […]
San Francisco, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel 4/6/16—DNA synthesis firm Twist Bioscience has acquired Genome Compiler, a provider of software for genetic engineers, and molecular and synthetic biologists. Financial details were not provided. “They are the leader in developing software that allows design of gene sequences for synthetic and molecular biology experiments,” stated Twist Bioscience […]
Waltham, MA 4/4/16—Bioprocessing product firm Repligen has acquired Atoll, based in Weingarten, Germany, for $22.5 million, including $9.1 million in cash, from UV-Cap. Atoll provides the MediaScout family of prepacked chromatography columns for process development and clinical manufacturing of biologic drugs. Repligen stated that the acquisition expands its prepacked column LC product line into high-throughput […]
London, UK and Alexandria, MN 4/6/16—Life sciences and measurement firm LGC has acquired a majority stake in Douglas Scientific from Kingdom Enterprises. Douglas Scientific supplies high-throughput PCR and qPCR platforms, and Array Tape consumables. “Customers will benefit from the unique synergies between our two organizations, including: combined workflow solutions for extraction, genotyping and gene expression […]
Flawil, Switzerland 4/12/16—BÜCHI Labortechnik has acquired W. R. Grace & Co.’s REVELERIS Flash Chromatography Systems, GRACERESOLV flash chromatography cartridges and ALLTECH ELSD 3300 product lines. Financial details were not provided. “This opportunity is perfectly aligned with our strategy to invest in preparative chromatography and complete our portfolio of solutions for drug discovery and development,” commented […]
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