Manchester, UK: Yourgene Health plc (AIM: YGEN), the international molecular diagnostics group, today announces a proposed placing (the “Placing”) of new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) in the capital of the Company (the “Placing Shares”) at a price of 17 pence per share (the “Placing Price”) to raise a minimum of £13 million. The […]

Smiths Detection, a global leader in detection and screening technologies, today confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of PathSensors, a leading bio-technology solutions and environmental-testing company, based in Baltimore, MD, USA. The acquisition strengthens Smiths Detection’s biological-detection capabilities to detect pathogens for broad end-market applications, including in food and agriculture safety. “We are pleased […]

— Offer price increased from €39.00 to €43.00 per QIAGEN share in cash — Minimum acceptance threshold lowered from 75% to 66.67% of outstanding QIAGEN shares — QIAGEN Supervisory and Managing Boards reaffirm unanimous recommendation that QIAGEN shareholders tender all of their QIAGEN shares WALTHAM, Mass. and VENLO, The Netherlands — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. […]

Reduces genomic data storage and transfer costs associated with the data deluge In 2019, the volume of genomic data generated by Illumina’s global installed base of more than 15,000 sequencing systems increased more than 50 percent year-over-year, to 150 petabases. That is the equivalent of 500 years of continuous video recordings in high definition. This […]

London, UK  – Element Materials Technology (Element), a global leader in materials and product qualification testing, has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Plastometrex, a Cambridge-based technology start-up, which develops technical and software-led solutions for testing in material science. Founded in 2018 by a team of expert material scientists (all formerly of […]

Global Measurement Technologies is a market leader of yield enhancing analytical instruments for CMP slurries BILLERICA, Mass. — Entegris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTG) announced today it has acquired Global Measurement Technologies Inc. (GMTI), an analytical instrument provider for critical processes in semiconductor production, and its manufacturing partner Clean Room Plastics, Inc. Located in Chandler, Arizona, GMTI is now part of the Advanced […]

London and Oxford, UK: Today, LGC announced the acquisition of The Native Antigen Company (NAC), one of the world’s leading suppliers of high quality infectious disease antigens and antibodies. NAC is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of critical reagents to the in vitro diagnostic (IVD), pharmaceutical and academic sectors. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of native and recombinant […]

TOKYO – PHC Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Tokyo, hereafter PHCHD) has today announced the completion of its acquisition of an additional 55.01% of shares in SciMed (Asia) Pte Ltd (headquarters: Singapore, hereafter SciMed), a major distributor of PHC Group’s life sciences products across Southeast Asia and India. This purchase agreement with SciMed increases PHCHD’s stake in […]

Venlo, the Netherlands  – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced that its shareholders today approved all agenda items at the Company’s Annual General Meeting related to the proposed voluntary public takeover offer for the acquisition of all ordinary shares in QIAGEN by Quebec B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) for EUR 39 per […]

MilliporeSigma today enhanced its advanced bioprocess portfolio through the acquisition of RESOLUTION Spectra Systems, a Meylan, France-based leader in bioprocess analytical monitoring. BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Enables real-time monitoring and process control Combination of tailored software with Raman sensor technology brings unique offering to BioContinuum™ Platform Supports company’s vision to deliver connected and […]