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 […]
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today received a Supplementary Statement of Objections (SSO) from the European Commission (EU Commission) in the ongoing proceedings concerning the Sigma-Aldrich acquisition, which was completed in 2015. In July 2017, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, received a Statement of Objections from the European Commission. This relates to a packaging technology developed by […]
Paris, France – The Carlyle Group has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority equity interest in ENVEA, a world-class manufacturer of ambient, emission and process monitoring systems and provider of environmental data processing and reporting solutions to industry, laboratories, and government institutions. The proposed transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and would […]
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 […]
Expands Single-Use Portfolio with Expertise in Silicone Molding and Tubing WALTHAM, Mass. — Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN), a life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technology leadership, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Albany, New York based Engineered Molding Technology (“EMT”), an innovator and manufacturer of single-use silicone assemblies and components used […]
Complementary expertise provides a single vendor solution to streamline data workflows from ‘instrument to insight’, boosting research efficiency End-to-end data automation will increase reproducibility of scientists’ experiments Unique blend of data automation and processing will enhance data quality critical to AI and machine learning analytics Herts, UK, and Boston, MA, USA: Dotmatics Ltd., a scientific informatics […]
Enabling clinical, translational research, population genomics, and biopharma customer markets SAN DIEGO– Illumina, Inc. is enhancing its capabilities to analyze and interpret the data produced by its sequencing systems with the acquisition of BlueBee, a cloud-based software company that provides genomics analysis solutions for research and clinical customers. Based in the Netherlands, BlueBee has developed […]
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