San Diego, CA 1/24/12; Basel, Germany 1/25/12; San Diego, CA 1/26/12; Basel, Germany 1/27/12; San Diego 1/27/12; Basel, Germany 1/31/12; San Diego, CA 1/31/12—Roche has launched a hostile takeover bid for Illumina, following what Roche stated were multiple efforts to negotiate directly with Illumina. Roche has commenced a tender offer for shares of Illumina for […]
Seeking to solidify its position in the personalized health care market and add to its research instrument business, on January 25, Roche announced a $5.7 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire Illumina (see page 2). The announcement further bolstered expectations surrounding the use of post-Sanger sequencing, especially next-generation sequencing, in clinical and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) […]
Berwyn, PA 1/3/12—AMETEK has acquired Technical Manufacturing (TMC) for an undisclosed amount. TMC’s products include vibration isolation systems and optical test benches that isolate sensitive instruments for the microelectronics, life sciences, photonics and ultra-precision manufacturing industries. “TMC is a great addition to our Electronic Instruments Group (EIG) and an excellent fit with our high-end analytical […]
St. Louis, MO 1/9/12; Rockville, MD 1/9/12—Sigma-Aldrich has announced it will acquire biopharmaceutical-testing services company BioReliance from Avista Capital Partners for $350 million in cash. BioReliance caters to the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, diagnostic and other life science industries by offering biologic, specialized toxicology and animal health testing. BioReliance had revenues of $110 million in 2010 and […]
Hamburg and Jülich, Germany 1/5/12—Eppendorf has announced the acquisition of DASGIP, which develops and manufactures parallel bioreactor systems and software. Financial terms were not disclosed. “DASGIP’s high-quality parallel bioreactors and software solutions nicely complement the current offering of our New Brunswick product lines,” stated Eppendorf CEO Dirk Ehlers. “They allow us to forge a comprehensive […]
San Diego, CA 1/3/12—Scientific enterprise R&D software firm Accelrys has purchased VelQuest for $35 million in cash. VelQuest provides paperless lab execution systems that support GMP for industries regulated by the FDA. Accelrys stated that the acquisition extends its software offerings into downstream pharmaceutical development QA/QC. “VelQuest’s strong products and proven domain expertise in compliance-intensive […]
Hillsboro, OR 1/9/12—FEI, a provider of imaging and analysis systems, has acquired ASPEX for $30.5 million. ASPEX supplies rugged scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) and related services for environmentally demanding military, industrial and factory floor applications. ASPEX generated sales of $10.0 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and was profitable. The company’s sales […]
Company Announcements On October 15, Bernd Brust resigned as president of Molecular Medicine at Life Technologies. Illumina named Dr. Daniel S. Grosu, MD, to the newly created position of vice president and chief medical officer in late October. He was previously group director, Clinical Science, Clinical and Medical Affairs at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics. On October 31, […]
Santa Clara, CA 12/21/11—Agilent has acquired PVR, an Italian vacuum pump manufacturer, for an undisclosed amount. PVR’s product portfolio includes rotary vane vacuum pumps for the industrial market and oil-free micro pumps, rotary lobe vacuum pumps, dry rotary claw vacuum pumps, central vacuum systems, and vacuum accessories for the food, paper, chemical and other industries. […]
Port Washington, NY 12/19/11—Filtration, separation and purification solutions provider Pall has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ForteBio for an undisclosed amount. ForteBio is a developer of label-free protein analysis instruments, including the Octel products based on BioLayer Interferometry technology. “BioPharmaceuticals continues to be the engine of our Life Sciences business and an important long-term […]
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