Linkage Biosciences joins Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Transplant Diagnostics business, which now represents both the One Lambda™ and Linkage Biosciences brands. We are united in our core belief that improving the lives of transplant patients worldwide is our ultimate objective. For our HLA and Transplant customers, we remain firmly committed to bringing you quality reagents and […]

EQT VII acquires Certara, the global leader in model-informed (in silico) drug development and regulatory science, focused on optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes Certara’s solutions help to inform and accelerate drug development and regulatory approval processes, while addressing the key efficacy, safety, productivity and commercial challenges facing the biopharma industry EQT VII to […]

MILFORD, MA — KPM Analytics announced today that it has acquired AMS Alliance, a corporation dedicated to developing, manufacturing and marketing instrumentation, reagents and tests for customers in food & beverage, environmental and medical diagnostics. This is KPM’s fourth acquisition since its inception in late 2015. Headquartered in Rome, Italy with offices in France and […]

Cobalt’s portfolio of solutions accelerates entry into high-growth Raman spectroscopy market and expands Agilent’s value proposition for pharmaceutical and biopharma customers  SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has acquired Oxfordshire, U.K.-based Cobalt Light Systems (“Cobalt”), a provider of highly differentiated Raman spectroscopic instruments for the pharmaceutical industry, applied markets and […]

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today confirmed receipt of a Statement of Objections from the European Commission (EC) related to a packaging technology in development by Sigma-Aldrich. DARMSTADT, GERMANY Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today confirmed receipt of a Statement of Objections from the European Commission (EC) related to a packaging technology in development by Sigma-Aldrich, at […]

OXFORD, UK — Oxford Instruments’ Industrial Analysis division became part of Hitachi High-Technologies Group. A new company, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science, brings together Hitachi High-Technologies’ scientific instrumentation portfolio with Oxford Instruments’ 40-year history of analytical instruments and services developed in close partnership with industry customers. The collaboration will offer the companies a wider ranging product portfolio, more […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired Pacific Bio-Material Management, Inc. (PBMMI), a premier service provider of storage and cold-chain logistics for biological sample materials. Brooks paid $33 million in cash for PBMMI, which is headquartered in Torrance, California. The acquisition includes the operations of the wholly owned affiliate Novare, LLC based in the Bronx, New York. The purchase […]

Tokyo, Japan – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that, as noted in the April 26, 2017 news release titled “Hitachi High-Technologies Enters Into an Agreement on the Stock Purchase (Subsidiary Acquisition) and Business Acquisition of Part of the Industrial Precision Instruments Business of the Oxford Instruments plc Group,” it completed on […]

Jena and Cologne (Germany) – Effective July 1, 2017, Analytik Jena AG is selling all of its shares in AJ Blomesystem GmbH to the GUS Group. The sale of the previously wholly owned subsidiary and provider of comprehensive laboratory software management and information systems (LIMS) results from the strategic orientation of Analytik Jena AG, which […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Unchained Labs, the life sciences company that’s all about getting biologics researchers the right tool for the job, acquired Trinean today. Trinean’s DropSense systems measure protein, DNA and RNA concentration in biologics and genomics samples. This is Unchained Labs’ 5th acquisition in just over 2 years. DropSense96 is the only system out there that […]