Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) – the leading supplier of equipment, chemicals and consumables for laboratory use in the UK – has announced the acquisition of two businesses, Gem Scientific and Northern Balance, to expand its product and service offerings. Both companies will continue to operate as independent entities and retain all employees, whilst harnessing SLS’s […]
Dovetail Genomics and Arc Bio merge to form Cantata Bio – a New Life Sciences Tools Company Delivering Powerful, Novel Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-Based Products and Services Cantata Bio launches new Dovetail® TopoLink™ Assay – Setting a New Standard In Rapid Capture of Genomic Interactions CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. — Cantata Bio launched […]
SARASOTA, Fla. — Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) today announced that it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its industrial businesses, including its entire Process Technologies segment and the industrial businesses within its Measurement & Analytical Solutions segment, to affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”). Roper will receive total upfront, pre-tax cash […]
The technology group acquires ETEO Software Factory Kft, Hungary. with over a hundred employees. Oberkochen, Germany/Miskolc, Hungary — With the acquisition of ETEO Software Factory Kft., a software development company based in Miskolc and Budapest (Hungary), ZEISS Digital Innovation (ZDI) is setting the course for further growth. The completely acquired Hungarian unit with over a […]
Addition of Aalto Bio Reagents expands Biosynth Carbosynth’s offer to its clinical diagnostics customers. Staad – Biosynth Carbosynth (“Biosynth”), a supplier of critical materials to the life science industry, announces today the acquisition of Aalto Bio Reagents (“Aalto”), a leading developer and provider of biological materials to the in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) and vaccine development industry in […]
CALIBRE SCIENTIFIC ACQUIRES SERVIQUIMIA, A COMPREHENSIVE PROVIDER OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE LABORATORY IN THE IBERIAN MARKET LOS ANGELES — Calibre Scientific is pleased to announce the acquisition of Serviquimia, a high-quality distributor of consumables, chemicals, lab equipment and lab furniture headquartered in Tarragona, Spain. Serviquimia represents Calibre Scientific’s entry into the Iberian market and further enhances […]
Alliance Pharma, a US-based Bioanalytical CRO and an Ampersand portfolio company, has agreed to acquire DDS, a UK-based Bioanalytical Business Unit of LGC. KKR will become an equal shareholder in the combined business alongside Ampersand Capital Partners. Backed by Ampersand and KKR, Alliance and DDS plan to expand the company’s geographic reach, broaden its laboratory […]
BLIRT SA, a biotech firm specializing in producing high-quality enzymes and reagents used in life sciences and global diagnostics, has changed its ownership structure. International biotech company QIAGEN has acquired over 96% of the shares of BLIRT. “Over recent years, we have intensively grown our business,” said Marian Popinigis, CEO of BLIRT SA. “We have invested, observed […]
BLIRT adds new R&D and manufacturing capabilities for customized and standardized recombinant enzymes, as well as molecular biology reagents Strengthens QIAGEN’s sample technologies business, one of the company’s five pillars of growth, also with additional global production capacities and broader commercial reach 96% majority stake acquired in BLIRT S.A. through the transaction with a group […]
Adding Allegro 3D to the portfolio enables BICO Bioprinting to strengthen its position as the global leader in providing 3D bioprinters. BICO has a robust portfolio of bioprinters, utilizing extrusion based, 2PP and DLP technologies. BICO has acquired all the shares in San Diego-based Allegro 3D Inc. (“Allegro 3D”) for an up-front enterprise value of […]
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