Philadelphia, PA and London, UK 11/29/10—Publishing firm Thomson Reuters has acquired GeneGo for an undisclosed amount. GeneGo provides biology and disease information, analytics and decision support solutions for pharmaceutical R&D. GeneGo has joined Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science business. “There is an increasing need for biology content, detailed disease insights and analytics to support R&D […]
Branford, CT 11/01/10—Roche’s 454 Life Sciences has exclusively partnered with DNA Electronics to develop a low-cost, high-throughput DNA sequencing system, which will allow a transition from optical detection to inexpensive, highly scalable electrochemical detection, according to Roche. “We’re pleased to work together with DNA Electronics, the inventors of ISFET [ion sensitive field effect transistor] DNA […]
Waltham, MA 11/30/10—Thermo Fisher Scientific has definitively agreed to acquire Lomb Scientific, a provider of laboratory chemicals, consumables and instruments in Australia and New Zealand. Financial details were not disclosed. Lomb had 2009 revenues of AUD $34 million ($27 million = AUD 1.28 = $1) and has approximately 100 employees. “The addition of Lomb Scientific […]
San Jose, CA 11/3/10—In a complaint filed in California Superior Court in Santa Clara County, Affymetrix has charged Pacific Biosciences and 15 former employees with tortious interference with contract, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of loyalty, conspiracy and breach of contract. Affymetrix alleges that since August 2009 […]
St. Louis, MO 11/14/10—Dr. Jai Nagarkatti, chairman, president and CEO of Sigma-Aldrich, died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack on November 13. The company’s Board has elected Rakesh Sachdev, who served as CFO, chief administrative officer and senior president of the International business, as president and CEO. He has also been elected to the Board.
Phillipsburg, NJ 11/3/10—Avantor Performance Materials, formerly Mallinckrodt Baker (see IBO 5/31/10), has agreed to acquire India-based RFCL Limited from ICICI Venture Funds Management for an undisclosed amount. RFCL’s Rankem division is a provider of more than 20,000 laboratory reagents and consumables to more than 5,000 customers. RFCL’s Diagnova division offers 2,000 diagnostic products to more […]
Asslar, Germany 11/3/10—Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG has announced that it plans to acquires Alcatel-Lucent’s Vacuum Technology Unit, which does business under the Adixen brand name, for approximately €200 million ($279 million = €0.72 = $1). The Unit supplies vacuum pumps and leak detectors, and has a leading market position in backing pumps, according to Pfeiffer […]
Carlsbad, CA 11/2/10—Life Technologies has agreed to acquire certain assets of Indian distributor Labindia. Financial terms were not disclosed. “India has experienced strong double-digit growth in the biotechnology sector, making this one of the fastest-growing regions in Asia Pacific,” stated Mark Smedley, head of the Asia Pacific region for Life Technologies. “Our primary goal in […]
Singapore 10/29/10—Agilent Technologies has opened a life sciences instrument manufacturing facility in Singapore to produce its LC/MS systems. The facility will produce the company’s 6100 series Single Quadrupole LC/MS, 6200 series Accurate-Mass Quadrupole TOF LC/MS, 6400 series Triple Quadrupole LC/MS and 6500 series Accurate-Mass Quadrupole TOF LC/MS. “Singapore is the ideal location for this facility […]
London, England 10/21/10—RTS Life Science, a provider of laboratory sample management solutions, will be sold to Entologi for £600,000 ($946,536 = £0.63 = $1) in cash, under a proposal to shareholders by publicly held parent company Robotic Technology Systems (RTS). RTS’s other businesses, RTS Flexible Systems and RTS Thurnall, will also be sold to Entologi. […]
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