Repligen Adds to Prepacked Columns Business

The acquisition is expected to be neutral to Repligen’s nine-month adjusted EPS by the end of 2016 and to be accretive on a GAAP basis in 2017. Atoll’s prepacked 0.5–0.6 mL MediaScout MiniColumn format enables 96-well microplate screening of any chromatography resin. The firm also provides products for scale-up, pilot and scale-up/scale-down cGMP testing. In addition, Atoll is an OEM supplier.

Waltham, MA 4/4/16—Bioprocessing product firm Repligen has acquired Atoll, based in Weingarten, Germany, for $22.5 million, including $9.1 million in cash, from UV-Cap. Atoll provides the MediaScout family of prepacked chromatography columns for process development and clinical manufacturing of biologic drugs. Repligen stated that the acquisition expands its prepacked column LC product line into high-throughput process-development screening. The purchase is expected to add $3.0–$3.5 million to Repligen’s remaining nine-month revenues. “This acquisition extends our reach into the screening and process development labs where single-use platform technologies are evaluated and adopted,” stated Repligen President and CEO Tony J. Hunt. “As we look to the future, we see the Weingarten facility as our European commercial and manufacturing center for many of our high-value and flexible solutions for the bioprocessing industry.”

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