Saluggia – DiaSorin (FTSE MIB: DIA) announces that the Shareholders’ Meeting of Luminex Corporation (“Luminex”; NASDAQ: LMNX), held today, approved the merger of Luminex with a U.S. wholly-owned subsidiary of DiaSorin, pursuant to the merger agreement relating to the acquisition of Luminex by DiaSorin, as announced on April 11, 2021. Following the merger, Luminex shareholders […]

Aldevron is a leader in manufacturing high-quality plasmid DNA, mRNA and recombinant proteins Aldevron’s products empower biotech companies to achieve scientific and medical breakthroughs During EQT’s ownership, Aldevron has experienced strong organic growth and made significant investments to position itself for further expansion EQT is pleased to announce that the EQT VIII fund (“EQT Private […]

BOSTON — Artemis Capital Partners (“Artemis”), a Boston-based private equity firm focused exclusively on partnering with differentiated industrial technology companies, completed the successful sale of its portfolio company, BioDot (“the Company”) to ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX: ATA). BioDot Since its founding in 1994, BioDot has become an undisputed leader in the development of automated, […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (the “Company”) announced today that Danaher has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Aldevron, for a cash purchase price of approximately $9.6 billion. Danaher expects to finance the acquisition using cash on hand and/or proceeds from the issuance of commercial paper. Founded in 1998 by Michael Chambers and John Ballantyne, Aldevron is headquartered […]

Oxford Instruments plc (“the Group”), a leading provider of high-technology solutions, information and services for industry and research, today announces the acquisition of WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH, a leading provider of Raman microscopy imaging solutions, based in Ulm, Germany, for a cash-free, debt-free consideration of €42m, of which €5m is conditional on trading […]

CALIBRE SCIENTIFIC ACQUIRES LINARIS BIOLOGISCHE PRODUKTE TO EXPAND PRODUCT PORTFOLIO AND CUSTOMER REACH IN THE DACH REGION LOS ANGELES — Calibre Scientific is pleased to announce the acquisition of LINARIS Biologische Produkte GmbH (“LINARIS”), a life science distributor with headquarters outside of Frankfurt, Germany. LINARIS will be integrated with BIOZOL Diagnostica GmbH, a subsidiary of Calibre Scientific, enhancing […]

Partnership to accelerate Medline’s growth and international expansion Medline Industries, Inc., the nation’s largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies with 2020 revenue of $17.5 billion, has entered into a definitive agreement through which it will receive a majority investment from a partnership comprised of funds managed by Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & […]

GoSilico’s software creates “digital twins” of downstream processes and is increasingly used to enhance process development by simulation More than 80% of mechanistic modelling users surveyed by Cytiva identified this as the future process development of chromatography Compared to traditional development approaches, mechanistic modelling saves significant time and materials on process development, since physical experiments […]

Cambridge, Ontario – ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX:ATA) (“ATS” or the “Company”), an industry-leading automation solutions provider, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of BioDot, Inc. (“BioDot”), a manufacturer of automated fluid dispensing systems for point-of-care and clinical diagnostics lab automation end-markets. ATS entered into a definitive agreement and announced its intention to […]

Changzhou, China, operations become Avantor’s first single-use production facility in AMEA region; doubles Avantor’s global single-use cleanroom space Adds proprietary technologies to Avantor’s bioprocessing manufacturing capabilities to meet growing global demand for single-use solutions RADNOR, Pa. and SHANGHAI —  Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in […]