WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Patheon N.V. (NYSE: PTHN), a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, for approximately $7.2 billion. Today’s close follows the expiration of Thermo Fisher’s initial tender offer for Patheon at $35.00 per share […]
Shiseido Company, Limited (hereinafter, Shiseido) hereby announces that it has reached an agreement on transferring the shares of its consolidated subsidiary, Shiseido Irica Technology Inc. (hereinafter, Irica Technology) and the assets associated with the chromatography business*1 owned by Shiseido to OSAKA SODA Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, Osaka Soda). 1.Background Shiseido Group has been revisiting the business […]
Boosts MilliporeSigma’s single-use chromatography portfolio Accelerates MilliporeSigma’s mAb and vaccine manufacturing offering Billerica, Massachusetts — MilliporeSigma today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Natrix Separations, an Ontario, Canada-based provider of hydrogel membrane products for single-use chromatography. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of 2017. Financial details were not disclosed. Natrix is known […]
RURO announces the sale of FreezerPro® and exclusive distribution rights of BiobankPro® to Brooks Automation, Inc. Frederick, MD RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS, LIS and laboratory management software solutions provider announced the sale of FreezerPro® and exclusive distribution rights of BiobankPro® to Brooks Automation, Inc. of Chelmsford, MA. Brooks Automation acquired FreezerPro®, a web-based software […]
Tender Offer Scheduled to Expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on August 28, 2017 WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced that all required antitrust clearances have been obtained for the previously announced all-cash tender offer by its wholly owned subsidiary, Thermo Fisher (CN) Luxembourg S.à r.l., to […]
CHELMSFORD, Mass. – Brooks Life Sciences announced today that it has acquired certain assets from RURO, Inc., based in Frederick, MD. These assets include the FreezerPro® web-based software which enables access to information on stored samples from any location on any device. As part of the acquisition, Brooks also entered an exclusive license agreement to […]
WARREN, N.J. — Roka Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection of foodborne pathogens, today announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Rokabio, Inc., a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Institute for Environmental Health, Inc. (“IEH”), for the sale of substantially all of […]
Summit Park, a Charlotte-based private investment firm, is pleased to announce the sale of its portfolio company Control Company (“Control” or “the Company”) to Cole-Parmer. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Webster, Texas and founded in 1974, Control sells an extensive array of private label and branded laboratory equipment, including thermometers, timers, […]
New technology shifts safety paradigm from responding to food contamination to prevention. SALT LAKE CITY, UT – CibusDx, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Pronucleotein Biotechnologies, San Antonio, TX and licensed ApolloDx’s revolutionary diagnostic platform for development and commercialization of a new food safety testing system that can be used at any point in […]
Acquisition broadens BioreclamationIVT’s disease-state biospecimen capabilities, particularly in oncology, and expands its scientific service offerings for diagnostic and drug development researchers Westbury, NY – BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it has acquired Asterand Bioscience™, a global provider of high quality, well-characterized human tissue and research solutions with a focus […]
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