Cambridge, UK 9/29/14—Horizon Discovery, a provider of gene-editing technology and services, has agreed to acquire Sage Labs for $48 million in cash and stock. Sage is a supplier of advanced in vivo transgenic disease models for use in preclinical research. Sage generated nine-month revenues of $4.7 million. Horizon stated that the acquisition diversifies its product […]
Darmstadt, Germany and St. Louis, MO 9/22/14—Pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck KGaA has agreed to acquire Sigma-Aldrich, a life science and technology firm, for $140 per share in cash, or approximately $17 billion. The price represents a 37% premium to Sigma’s September 19 closing stock price. The companies offer a complementary range of products including […]
Merck KGaA became the latest company to enlarge its stake in the laboratory-products market with its announcement on September 22 of an agreement to purchase Sigma-Aldrich for approximately €13.1 billion ($17 billion = €0.77 = $1) in cash (see page 2). Together, the firms will create a €4.7 billion ($6.1 billion) supplier of laboratory and […]
Paris, France 7/21/14; St. Ives, UK 7/22/14 —Environnement, a publicly held French provider of online environmental monitors, has acquired UK-based PCME for €8 million ($11 million = €0.74 = $1). PCME supplies continuous particulate monitors for industrial processes and had fiscal 2014 revenues of €10 million ($14 million). “The expertise of PCME for the monitoring […]
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 8/14/14—Miltenyi Biotech, a provider of products and services for biomedical research and cellular therapy, has acquired Lentigen’s lentiviral-vector–manufacturing business and related assets, including intellectual property and process technologies. The purchase price was not disclosed. “It is our goal at Miltenyi Biotec to become the major supplier of lentiviral vectors for cell and […]
Berwyn, PA 8/5/14—AMETEK has purchased Amptek, a provider of x-ray detectors for XRF systems, electronics for nuclear and spaceflight instruments, and gamma-ray detectors. Financial details were not provided. Amptek has annual revenues of $30 million. “Its products and technology nicely complement our existing materials-analysis capabilities,” stated AMETEK Chairman and CEO Frank S. Hermance. “They also […]
Jena, Germany 8/13/14; Jena, Germany 8/14/14—Analytik Jena has agreed to acquire Bruker’s ICP-MS business and assets (see IBO 7/31/14) for an undisclosed amount. The business generated $12 million in revenues in 2013. “With the acquisition of the ICP-MS business from Bruker, we expect to close an important technological gap and will be in position to […]
Malvern, UK 7/25/14—Malvern Instruments has acquired the Archimedes particle-characterization system, including intellectual property and the license to the underlying MIT patent, from Affinity Biosensors for an undisclosed amount. The Archimedes system utilizes Resonant Mass Measurements to detect and count particles. Malvern has exclusively distributed the product outside North America since 2012 (see IBO 11/30/12). “Affinity […]
Billerica, MA 7/28/14—Bruker has acquired Vutara, a provider of high-speed, 3D, super-resolution fluorescence microscopy for life science applications, for an undisclosed amount. Vutara is estimated to have 2014 revenues of $2 million. Bruker stated that the acquisition adds super-resolution and single-molecule localization microscopy products to its multiphoton scanning confocal fluorescence-microscopy product line. “Achieving video-rate time […]
Milford, MA 7/22/14; Budapest, Hungary 7/22/14—Waters has acquired Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) technology, which represents substantially all the assets of Hungarian start-up company MediMass. REIMS can be used as an ambient ionization source for MS. Waters plans to commercialize a REIMS ion source for its TOF-MS systems. In addition, Waters plans to continue […]
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