INDIANAPOLIS — Beckman Coulter Life Sciences today announced its acquisition of Labcyte, a privately held, acoustic liquid handling company based in San Jose, California. Labcyte is best known for its Echo® acoustic droplet ejection technology, which uses sound waves to transfer tiny amounts of liquid with unequalled speed and accuracy. This technology—the centerpiece of Labcyte’s Echo Liquid Handlers—enables walkaway convenience […]
WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Anatomical Pathology business to PHC Holdings Corporation, a global innovator in healthcare solutions, for approximately $1.14 billion in cash. The Anatomical Pathology business is a provider of microscope slides, […]
Augmenting the Technology of Particle Characterization Instruments HORIBA, Ltd. (Head Office: Kyoto, Japan; hereinafter, “HORIBA”) has announced that HORIBA Instruments Incorporated (Head Office: Irvine, USA; hereinafter, “HORIBA Instruments”) acquired all shares of MANTA Instruments, Inc. (Head Office: San Diego, USA; hereinafter, “MANTA”) on January 24, 2019. MANTA has earned a high reputation for its nanoparticle […]
TOKYO ―PHC Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, hereafter PHCHD) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO, hereafter Thermo Fisher), the world leader in serving science, to acquire Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business for approximately US$1.14billion. Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business is one of the leading providers […]
Berkeley Lights Further Extends into Asian Market Emeryville, Calif., Cambridge, Mass, Shanghai, China– Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), the leader in digital cell biology, announced today that Harbour BioMed, a global biopharmaceutical company has acquired the Beacon® Optofluidic platform to implement accelerated workflows for single-cell screening and analysis. “Harbour BioMed is pleased to integrate the Berkeley Lights Beacon platform […]
DeepMatter (AIM: DMTR), the AIM quoted company focusing on digitizing chemistry, announces that its subsidiary, OpenIOLabs Limited, has disposed of the Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope (“SICM”) business to Scientific Digital Imaging plc, by way of an asset purchase agreement. Deepmatter acquired OpenIOLabs in 2017 for some of its assets, those used to integrate equipment in […]
With the commercialization of the novel imaging process Miltenyi Biotec sets new standards for the optical clearing of biological samples for microscopic analyses. BERGISCH GLADBACH – Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, a global provider of products and services for biomedical research and cellular therapy, announced that it has signed a purchase contract for a non-harmful, fluorescence-preserving, optical clearing […]
Tokyo, Japan – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced that on January 15, 2019 Hitachi High-Tech acquired all issued shares of Applied Physics Technologies, Inc. (Head Office: Oregon, U.S.A.; Representative: William Mackie, APTech), which develops, manufactures and sells electron sources for use in electron microscopes and other instruments. Following the acquisition of all […]
Stockholm – Biotage AB (publ) (Biotage) has today completed the acquisition of PhyNexus, Inc. (PhyNexus), which was announced on December 4, 2018. As part of the completion, the Board of Directors of Biotage has also, pursuant to an authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting 2018, resolved on a share issue of 487,337 shares. As […]
WEST CHESTER, PA – Chiral Technologies, Inc. part of DAICEL CORPORATION, the global market leader in enantioselective chromatography, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Arbor Biosciences of Ann Arbor, MI. Arbor Biosciences (formerly MYcroarray), founded in 2006 by University of Michigan Prof. Erdogan Gulari and Dr. Jean-Marie Rouillard, has evolved over the years from […]
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