Positions Quanterix to capitalize on significant growth opportunities with Nf-L applications in Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and other neurodegenerative conditions Provides expected 200 bps of annualized company gross margin improvement, before impact of purchase price accounting, and expected to accelerate cashflow breakeven timing Strengthens Quanterix’ assay development and supply capabilities Secures Nf-L antibody supply critical to Quanterix’ […]

Complementary products and increased scale will benefit consolidated customer base Combination increases served available market (SAM) opportunity to approximately $3B Global Scale: accelerates R&D in complementary competencies while increasing worldwide customer presence to support leading customers – from wafer fabrication through final device packaging Expected to generate at least $20M of annual cost synergies MILPITAS, Calif. & WILMINGTON, Mass.–Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ: […]

Illumina’s proposed takeover of PacBio raises competition concerns in the supply of specialist DNA sequencing systems in the UK, a CMA investigation has found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating the proposed $1.2 billion merger of Illumina, Inc. (Illumina) and Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc (PacBio). The companies are both global suppliers […]

Cambridge, MA and Seattle, WA – Cytel Inc., the leading global provider of innovative analytical software and services to the life sciences industry, and Axio Research, a premier provider of biostatistics to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, today announced that they have joined forces to create the largest global biometrics organization focused on delivering […]

Existing Supply Agreement Remains Intact WALTHAM, Mass. and SARASOTA, Fla. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), a leading diversified technology company, today announced that they have mutually terminated the agreement under which Thermo Fisher would have acquired Gatan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary […]

Nikkiso Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) resolved, at its board of directors meeting, to transfer all of its shareholdings in its consolidated subsidiaries, MicrotracBEL Corp. and Microtrac, Inc., to Verder International B.V., as described below. As a result, MicrotracBEL Corp. and Microtrac, Inc. are excluded from the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries. 1. Reasons for share transfers To […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of HighChem, Ltd., a leading developer of mass spectrometry software based in Bratislava, Slovakia. HighChem software solutions are used to analyze complex data and identify small molecules in pharmaceutical and metabolomics laboratories. “Our customers rely on us […]

TELIGHT, an umbrella brand for light-optics instruments and solutions, announces the acquisition of BioAxial. Located in Paris, BioAxial develops and markets super-resolution imaging solutions with applications in life sciences. PARIS, France — BioAxial’s outstanding technology, CODIM, is a powerful and versatile beam shaper based on an optical phenomenon called conical diffraction. Invented by Gabriel Y. Sirat […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced today it has reached agreement to acquire all of the stock of B-MoGen Biotechnologies Inc. The transaction has been completed and is being financed through available cash on hand. “We are very pleased to include the B-MoGen technology in Bio-Techne’s expanding portfolio of products that serve the rapidly growing […]

(INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA) – Beckman Coulter Life Sciences today announced its acquisition of Cytobank, a privately held, single cell data analysis, software as a service (SaaS) company based in Santa Clara, California. Cytobank provides an industry-leading, cloud and machine learning-based software platform for multi-parametric single-cell data analysis, sharing and archiving. The platform accelerates research productivity by enabling efficient […]