Toronto, Canada 1/25/10; Toronto, Canada 1/27/10; Washington, DC 1/27/10—The sale of MDS Analytical Technologies to Danaher (see IBO 9/15/09) is expected to close by the end of the first quarter, following the resolution of PerkinElmer’s legal challenge and the approval of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). MDS has signed a settlement agreement with PerkinElmer, […]
Santa Clara, CA and Palo Alto, CA 1/21/10; Brussels, Belgium 1/21/10—Agilent Technologies announced that the European Commission has granted conditional antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Varian. In connection with the clearance, Agilent has agreed to divest four Varian businesses: laboratory GC, triple quadrupole GC-MS, inductively coupled plasma–MS and micro GC. Agilent has initiated the […]
Port Washington, NY 1/12/10—Pall has acquired MicroReactor Technologies for an undisclosed amount. MicroReactor Technologies provides a miniature bioreactor platform for process development and fermentation, which is reliable, easy to use and cost effective, according to Pall. The company’s High Throughput Process Development (HTPD) systems control, monitor and record process parameter for multiple individual cell culture […]
London, UK 11/16/09; London, UK 1/13/10; Luton, UK 1/7/10—Mettler-Toledo has purchased Anachem’s Manual Liquid Handling (MLH) business, a UK-based distributor of pipettes, tips and consumables, from Diploma for £7.8 million ($12.7 million = £1.62 = $1) in cash. The MLH business generated £10.7 million ($17.3 million) in revenue for the year ended September 30, 2009, […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 1/12/10—QIAGEN NV has acquired ESE GmbH, a developer and manufacturer of UV and fluorescence optical measurement devices, for $19 million in cash. ESE’s detection technology is fast, compact and can be manufactured at a low cost, according to QIAGEN, making it suitable for point-of-need testing and integration into lab instruments. The devices […]
Carlsbad, CA 1/12/10—Life Technologies has agreed to acquire AcroMetrix for an undisclosed amount. AcroMetrix provides molecular and serological diagnostic quality control products to clinical laboratories, blood screening centers and in vitro diagnostic manufacturers. “With the growth of DNA and other molecular based tests, there is a growing need for high quality, independently provided controls to […]
Billerica, MA 1/7/10; San Diego, CA 1/12/10; San Francisco, CA 1/13/10; Hopkinton, MA 1/14/10—Three instrument companies have announced preliminary revenue guidance for the fourth quarter of 2009. Illumina stated that it expects fourth-quarter sales of $176 million, compared to earlier guidance of minimum sales of $165 million. As a result, 2009 revenues are expected to […]
Sydney, Australia 12/9/09—NuSep, a publicly-listed maker of pre-casts gels and systems for bioseparations, has signed a letter of intent to acquire BioInquire, the developer of the ProteoIQ software for MS data analysis. BioInquire projects a profit of $1.2 million for 2010. The purchase price consists of an initial payment of $1.5 million; a $1 million […]
Belfast, Northern Ireland 12/23/09—Andor Technology, a developer of digital cameras, has acquired Bitplane AG for £7.46 million ($11.95 million) in cash and the issue of 285,851 shares at the price of 2 pence each ($0.03). Based in Zurich, Switzerland, Bitplane develops microscopy image analysis software for medical and life science applications. In 2008, Bitplane had […]
Los Angeles, CA 11/9/09—LC column developer and supplier Phenomenex has filed suit against Thermo Fisher Scientific in the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging false advertising and unfair competition. The action is in connection with an email sent in October by a Thermo Fisher product manager to US distributors. Phenomenex seeks […]
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