Sanford, ME 1/3/13—Maine Manufacturing has acquired a number of life science product lines from GE Healthcare. These product lines consist of microbiological monitors, liquid growth media, the ZapCap brand bottle-top filtration units and the Centrex brand centrifugal filers. “The addition of these products fits very nicely with our recently announced acquisition of the filter and […]
San Diego, CA 1/14/13—Accelrys has acquired Vialis for $5 million and the potential for additional incentive consideration of up to $5 million based on three-year growth objectives. Based in Switzerland, Vialis provides software systems integration and business process consultancy services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemicals and agro-science industries. Accelrys and Vialis are long-time partners. “With […]
New York, NY 1/8/12—At the JPMorgan Global Healthcare Conference, Illumina announced the acquisition of Moleculo, a provider of technology enabling next-generation sequencing reads in excess of 10,000 bases. Illumina stated that it plans to commercialize the technology in the second quarter for phased genomes (indicating which parent an allele comes from) and for cancer research, […]
San Diego, CA 1/7/13; Waltham, MA and Redwood City, CA 1/9/13—Illumina has agreed to acquire Verinata Health, a provider of non-invasive tests for the early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities, for $350 million and up to an additional $100 in milestone payments through 2015. Verinata Health’s verifi prenatal test utilizes next-generation sequencing to analyze cell-free […]
Company Announcements QIAGEN’s third-quarter sales grew 5.3%, 4% organically, to $304.3 million (see IBO 11/15/12), with acquisitions adding 6% and currency lowering sales by 5%. At constant exchange rates, Instruments, and Consumables and Related revenues increased 4% and 10% to account for 13% and 87% of sales, respectively. Molecular Diagnostics revenue rose 15% to account […]
Jena, Germany and Osaka, Japan 12/3/12—Analytik Jena has purchased a 21.1% stake in Japanese firm Techno X. Analytik Jena has sold Techno X’s X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) instruments in Japan since October 2011 (see IBO 12/31/11). “We are also pleased that the sales partnership in which we are linking our partner’s technological expertise in X-ray […]
Millville, NJ 12/20/12; Pittsburgh, PA 12/21/12—Wheaton Industries, a supplier of laboratory products, has acquired MicroLiter Analytical Supplies for an undisclosed amount. MicroLiter Analytical Supplies provides pre-cleaned chromatography sample vials and accessories for use with autosamplers, as well as septa and closures and the MicroLiter Plate Sampling System. MicroLiter Analytical Supplies’ Instrument Top Sample Preparation products […]
Waltham, MA 12/21/12—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired picoSpin, the developer of the picoSpin-45 miniature NMR. “Bringing NMR capabilities to new markets where its practicality has been limited represents significant value for our customers,” commented John Sos, vice president and general manager for Molecular Spectroscopy at Thermo. The company will be integrated into the Analytical Technologies […]
Abingdon, UK 12/17/12; Santa Barbara, CA 12/17/12; Abingdon, UK 12/19/12—Oxford Instruments has acquired Asylum Research, a supplier of scanning probe microscopes (SPMs), for $32.0 million, with a deferred payment of up to $48.0 million payable over three years depending on performance. In 2011, Asylum recorded revenues of $19.6 million and EBIT of $1.1 million. Approximately […]
Hercules, CA 12/16/12; Munich, Germany 12/16/12—Bio-Rad Laboratories has agreed to acquire MorphoSys’s AbD Serotec division for €53 million ($70 million = €0.76 = $1) in cash. AbD Serotec sells antibodies for research and diagnostic applications. “With this acquisition, Bio-Rad will have access to a comprehensive catalog of antibodies allowing us to better serve our customers […]
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