Paris, France and Cambridge, UK 1/18/16—Publicly held Novacyt, a provider of cancer and infectious disease diagnostics, has agreed to acquire Primer Design for £9.85 million ($14.1 million = £0.70 = $1) in cash and stock in addition to £2.5 million ($3.6 million) based on sales targets. UK-based Primer Design offers real-time PCR kits, reagents and […]
Tucson, AZ 1/16/16—The Arizona Sun’s tucson.com website has reported that Mettler-Toledo purchased Instant BioScan last year for around $30 million, including future milestones. BioScan joins Mettler’s Thornton division. BioScan develops and sells the Real-Time Microbial Monitoring Systems for detection of microorganisms in water. The company has 15 employees. According to the article, Mettler will initially […]
South Plainfield, NJ 12/21/15—Genomics services company GENEWIZ has acquired Beckman Coulter’s genomics services business for an undisclosed amount. Based in Danvers, Massachusetts, the Beckman Coulter business provides NGS and Sanger sequencing services for healthcare, academic and government customers. “The genomic services business of Beckman Coulter is an ideal fit with GENEWIZ’s global strategy and expansion […]
Washington, DC 12/3/15; New York, NY 12/16/15—Danaher has announced that it plans to complete the spin off of its industrial businesses (see IBO 5/15/15) in the third quarter of 2016. The new company will be named Fortive and would have had $6.3 billion in revenues for 2014. At its annual investor and analyst meeting, Danaher […]
Paris, France 12/3/15; Paris, France 12/17/15—Reuters reported earlier this month that bidding for Areva’s Canberra business, which provides radiological detection systems for security, health and research applications, will begin early next year, quoting an anonymous source. Companies that intend to bid include Mirion Technologies, Apax Partners, 3i and Triton. Areva announced on December 17 that […]
Vleuten, the Netherlands 12/16/15—Verder Scientific has acquired ATM, a manufacturer of systems for metallographic applications. ATM has 150 employees. “With the acquisition of ATM, the Verder Scientific Division will become the market leader for mechanical sample preparation of solids,” commented Dr. Jürgen Pankratz, director of Verder Scientific. Verder also stated that the acquisition complements its […]
Princeton, NJ 12/1/15—Certara has purchased XenologiQ, a quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) consultancy for an undisclosed amount. According to Certara, “QSP is an emerging biosimulation discipline that combines computational modeling and experimental methods to examine the mechanistic relationships between a drug, the biological system, and the disease process.” XenologiQ will become part of Certara’s Simcyp division, […]
Skokie, IL 12/1/15—Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has agreed to acquire AITbiotech’s oligonucleotide synthesis business, which is based in Singapore. Financial details were not disclosed. IDT stated that the acquisition will expand its Southeast Asian customer base.
Darmstadt, Germany 12/10/15—At its 2015 Capital Market Day, Merck KGaA provided details about its merger with Sigma-Aldrich (see IBO 11/30/15) and how it plans to realize the €260 million ($286 million = €0.91 = $1) in synergies by 2018. Merck Life Science now consists of Research Solutions, representing 35% of revenues; Process Solutions, which make […]
St. Louis, MO 12/9/15—Manufacturing and distribution firm Harbour Group has acquired SP Industries, a provider of scientific equipment, biologic manufacturing solutions and labware, for an undisclosed amount. “SP’s brand strength, breadth of product and in-house manufacturing capabilities fit very well with our experience in the manufactured products sector,” said Harbour Chairman and CEO Jeff Fox. […]
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