ST. LOUIS — Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St. Louis, today announced the merger of its portfolio companies, Vector Laboratories and Absolute Biotech. The strategic move aims to advance the combined platform’s position as a comprehensive supplier of both custom-engineered and catalog antibodies and sophisticated bioconjugation linkers and as […]
On April 1, Shimadzu acquired all shares of Zef Scientific Inc. (ZefSci,Headquarters: Orange County, California) through its U.S. subsidiary Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. (SSI).ZefSci is now a subsidiary of SSI.ZefSci provides maintenance and repair services, on liquid chromatographs (LC) and liquid chromatograph mass spectrometers (LC-MS). With the acquisition of ZefSci, Shimadzu will expand its after-sales […]
NEW YORK – Trilantic North America, a growth-focused middle market private equity firm, announced today that it has made a substantial growth investment in SOFIE Biosciences (“SOFIE” or the “Company”), a founder-led radiopharmacy and contract development and manufacturing organization. The investment was made in partnership with SOFIE’s founding team, who will retain a meaningful equity […]
LabVantage Acquires SEIN Infotech South Korea to Expand Environmental Compliance Offerings and Further Growth in APAC Region Michel Gerlicher, President of LabVantage International (R), and Jung Moon Lee, CEO of SEIN Infotech (L), seal the acquisition with a handshake. Somerset, NJ – LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, including […]
TESCAN GROUP, a.s. proudly announces the successful acquisition of TESCAN KOREA, Ltd. (TKL) and Daeil Microanalysis Laboratory (DML), further solidifying its position in the Korean market, particularly within the semiconductor domain. After two decades of successful collaboration, TKL, DML, and TESCAN GROUP are merging their efforts to better serve Korean customers and the market at […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. and MADISON, Wis. – Gamma Biosciences, a life sciences platform established by KKR to address the advanced therapy bioprocessing market, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Merck (XTRA:MRK), a leading science and technology company, whereby Merck will acquire Gamma operating company Mirus Bio for $600 million in cash. […]
Acquisition will advance Merck’s integrated offering for viral vector manufacturing. Acquisition will advance Merck’s integrated offering for viral vector manufacturing Complements existing portfolio for development and production of novel modalities such as cell and gene therapies Novel modalities are a key growth area for Merck’s Life Science business sector DARMSTADT, GERMANY — Merck, a leading […]
The Fluidity One-M instrument with the inbuilt Microfluidic Diffusional Sizing (MDS) technology. Hertfordshire, UK – Fluidic Sciences Ltd., today announces its official launch as a company, and the commercial relaunch of the acquired Fluidity One-M instrument for measuring protein-protein interactions in solution—leveraging Microfluidic Diffusional Sizing (MDS) technology. The entry of Fluidic Sciences into the market gives scientists a […]
Protein detection and bioconjugation pioneer enhances portfolio in antibody reagents while growing its commercial footprint into the UK and EU. NEWARK, Calif. — Vector Laboratories, a manufacturing partner of reagents and critical components for the development and production of life sciences tools, diagnostics, and clinical-stage biotherapeutics, today announced its intention to merge with Absolute Biotech, […]
Patented Viventis light sheet solution enables detailed volumetric imaging to explore life in its entirety Wetzlar, Germany — Leica Microsystems, a leader in microscopy and scientific instrumentation and advanced imaging solutions, has added the light sheet technology of Viventis Microscopy to its line of advanced research microscopes. Light sheet microscopy allows researchers to study the […]
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