Rockville, MD 10/19/09—Life science reagent supplier OriGene Technologies has acquired Marligen Biosciences for an undisclosed amount. OriGene is a provider of assays for the Luminex xMAP platform, as well as DNA and RNA purification kits. Maligen Bioscience provides assays for the study of gene regulation and genotyping, as well as plasmid purification kits and sample […]
San Diego, CA and Vienna, Austria 10/27/09—EBioscience, a supplier of cell analysis reagents, has acquired Bender MedSystems GmbH for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash transaction. Bender MedSystems GmbH is a supplier of more than 1,000 immunological research reagents and research diagnostics, including the Instant ELISA technology and FlowCytomix bead-based multiplexing technology. “Bender MedSystems provides […]
Washington, DC 10/22/09—Danaher disclosed on its quarterly conference call that its Water Quality Group has acquired Brazilian company Hexis Cientifica. Hexis Cientifica distributes lab instruments and process-monitoring products, as well as manufactures chemical reagents and lab glassware.
Toronto, Canada 10/20/09—MDS shareholders have approved the sale of the company’s Analytical Technologies business to Danaher for $650 million in cash (see IBO 9/15/09). More than 99% of the common shares voted approved the sale in a special meeting held on October 20. The sale remains subject to regulatory approval.
New Dehli, India 10/2/09—GE Healthcare has announced that its joint venture with Wipro will take over its Indian and South Asian businesses, including GE Healthcare Life Sciences. The joint venture, in which GE Healthcare holds a 51% stake, currently distributes 85% of GE Medical Systems India’s products. The transaction will add 1,200 GE employees to […]
West Chester, PA 10/8/09; West Chester, PA 10/2/09—VWR International has agreed to purchase lab distributor OneMed Lab from health care products distributor OneMed Group for an undisclosed amount. OneMed Lab distributes lab equipment, chemicals and consumables in Finland, Norway and Sweden and has annual revenues of $30 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. […]
Palo Alto, CA 10/6/09—Varian stockholders have voted at a special meeting on October 5 to approve the merger agreement with Agilent Technologies. Agilent plans to acquire Varian for $52 per share, or approximately $1.5 billion (see IBO 7/31/09). Approximately 84% of the shares of Varian common stock outstanding as of August 15 voted to adopt […]
Darmstadt, Germany and Bangalore, India 10/13/09—Merck KGaA has acquired Bangalore Genei (BGIP) through it wholly owned Indian subsidiary, Merck Specialities Private, from Sanmar Specialty Chemicals. The purchase price was not disclosed. BGIP specializes in the development, production, marketing and sale of products for proteomic and genomic research. BGIP has 100 employees and had fiscal 2009 […]
Paoli, PA 9/28/09—AMETEK has acquired the assets of Mumbai-based Unispec Marketing and Thelsha Technical Services. Unispec represents AMETEK’s Spectro Analytical Instruments business, among others, in India. Spectro supplies ICP-OES instruments, XRF instruments and related supplies. Thelsha Technologies Services, an affiliate of Unispec, provides installation and post-sales service for Spectro instruments. “The acquisition of Unispec Marketing […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 9/22/09—QIAGEN NV has acquired DxS, a developer and manufacturer of companion diagnostics products, for $95 million in cash, subject to purchase-price adjustments, plus up to $35 million if specific milestones are met. DxS’s currently markets seven real time PCR tests that allow physicians to predict patients’ response to treatments. The acquisition is […]
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