Tokyo, Japan 7/25/12; Tokyo, Japan 7/25/12; Tokyo, Japan 8/9/12—Hitachi High-Technologies and Seiko Instruments have announced a delay in the acquisition of Seiko’s SII NanoTechnology business by Hitachi High-Technologies (see IBO 5/31/12) due to regulatory review. The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has stated that following a review of the impact on the acquisition on competitors, […]
Washington, DC 8/3/12—Waters disclosed in its quarterly filing with the SEC that it has acquired software firm Blue Reference for $14 million in cash. Blue Reference develops and distributes software products for real-time mining of multiple-application scientific databases. The filing stated: “The Company will integrate the Blue Reference technology into the current and future software […]
Carlsbad, CA 7/31/12—Life Technologies announced during its second-quarter earnings conference call that it has acquired Chinese distributor Beijing Maojian United Star Technology. The company is a distributor of Life Technologies’ Invitrogen brand reagents in Beijing and North China. “This acquisition now creates one of the largest direct-selling forces in the life sciences reagents market in […]
Burlington, MA 7/31/12; San Diego, CA 8/1/12; Hillsboro, OR 8/1/12—FEI has acquired Visualization Sciences Group (VSG), a provider of high-performance three-dimensional software products for a range of markets, for $55 million. VSG generated pro forma revenues of $19 million for the year ending June 30. “VSG is an extension and acceleration of our strategy to […]
Earlier this month, Waters announced an exclusive relationship with informatics provider Nonlinear Dynamics. Although the companies have had a comarketing agreement since 2005, the new OEM agreement is for the codevelopment of informatics tools for Waters’s LC/MS platforms. The agreement signifies the progression of Waters’s MS informatics offerings, as well as trends in MS analysis. […]
Waltham, MA and Canoga Park, CA 7/16/12—Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to acquire One Lambda for $925 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustment. One Lambda provides diagnostic tests that are used by transplant centers for tissue typing, primarily to determine the compatibility of donors and recipients pre-transplant and to detect the presence of antibodies […]
Carlsbad, CA 7/25/12—Life Technologies has acquired Pinpoint Genomics, a developer of an early-stage non-small cell lung cancer test for the identification of patients at risk for late-stage disease. “We see an opportunity in lung cancer to change the treatment paradigm with more effective diagnostics,” stated Gregory T. Lucier, chairman and CEO of Life Technologies. “As […]
Carlsbad, CA 7/16/12—Life Technologies has acquired Navigenics, a developer of genetics-based products and services, for an undisclosed amount. Life Technologies stated the acquisition was a first step in its strategy to build out its molecular diagnostics business. “The advent of personalized medicine will require a combination of technologies and informatics focused on delivering relevant information […]
With the updated financials from Oxford Instruments, HORIBA and Shimadzu, the IBO Laboratory Sales Index has been slightly revised from the numbers that appeared in IBO’s May 15 issue. First-quarter Index sales grew 1.9% organically to $5,752 million. Operating profit climbed 8.6% to $1,253 million, and operating margin was 18.5% of sales. For the fiscal […]
Company Announcements QIAGEN’s first-quarter sales rose 13% at constant exchange rates, including 7% growth from acquisitions and a 1% decline from currency. At constant exchange rates, sales in the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia-Pacific grew 15%, 12% and 14% to make up 47%, 34% and 18% of sales, respectively. Seven emerging countries accounted for 10% […]
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