Enschede, The Netherlands 11/16/09—Concept to Volume BV (C2V) has announced its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific. C2V’s micro-GC products and customized MEMS (microelectric mechanical system) solution, which features an integrated micro chip technology with narrow bore capillary GC columns (see IBO 3/15/08). The products will be sold under the Thermo Scientific brand. “The acquisition is […]
Santa Clara, CA 11/16/09—Agilent Technologies has acquired MassCode technology from Eurofins MWG Group for an undisclosed amount. MassCode Tags are small molecules with unique molecular weights that are used to screen for specific pathogens. Tags are attached to DNA primers corresponding to microbial sequences. The primers are used to amplify nucleic acid using PCR. The […]
Company Announcements In August, PerkinElmer exclusively licensed ultra-fast, low cross-talk solid state photomultiplier technology from Max Planck Innovation. The applications that the technology serves include PET, diagnostic scanning and analytical fluorescence. Half-year revenue for Spectris’s Material Analysis unit increased 0.4% to £116.1 million ($172.0 million) to represent 31% of company revenues (see IBO 8/31/09). Excluding […]
Several companies revealed additional details of their acquisitions in their quarterly SEC filings, including purchase price. PerkinElmer paid a total of $64.6 million for its four instrument and lab product–related acquisitions over the last year. The company purchased Analytica of Branford and its MS technology in May for $24 million in cash (see IBO 5/15/09). […]
Cambridge, MA 11/9/09—Two months after hiring Thomas Weisel Partners to explore strategic alternatives for the company, including a sale (see IBO 9/15/09), Helicos BioSciences has announced that it is no longer pursuing such discussions due to improving prospects and market valuation. However, the company continues to work with Thomas Weisel on a long-term financing strategy. […]
Hillsboro, OR 11/3/09; Eindhoven, The Netherlands 11/3/09—FEI Company has sold its Phenom Scanning Electron Microscopy product line to Phenom-World BV for an undisclosed amount. Phenom-World was established November 3 and is a majority-owned subsidiary of NTS Group BV, FEI’s manufacturing and development partner for the Phenom. Phenom-World will be responsible for marketing, sales and distribution […]
Carlsbad, CA 11/10/09; Woburn, MA 11/10/09—Life Technologies has agreed to acquire BioTrove for an undisclosed amount. The purchase involves BioTrove’s OpenArray high-throughput gene expression and genotyping analysis system for PCR. Applied Biosystems and BioTrove have collaborated since 2007 (see IBO 11/30/07). “This acquisition and other enhancements recently made to our PCR offerings enable us to […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 11/9/09—QIAGEN NV has agreed to acquire SABiosciences for $90 million in cash, subject to purchase price adjustments. SABiosciences is a developer and manufacturer of more than 100 disease- and pathway-focused PCR assay panels. Based in Frederick, Maryland, SABiosciences has around 100 employees. “These assay panels are designed for use with and leveraged […]
Another major acquisition rocked the analytical instrument and laboratory product industry this year as Agilent announced a $1.5 billion offer for Varian (see IBO 7/31/09), uniting two top-15 instrument companies and affecting multiple product markets. However, the deal’s value paled in comparison to other large-scale M&A activity in recent years, such as Invitrogen’s $6.7 billion […]
Liege, Belgium 10/23/09—Reagent kit company Eurogentec SA has agreed to acquire AnaSpec, a supplier of peptides synthesis, labeled peptides and antibodies, fluorescent dyes and enzyme activity assays, for an undisclosed amount. “Our combined expertise enables Eurogentec to provide innovative solutions in the fields of Genomics and Proteomics for basic research in the biotech and pharmaceutical […]
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