London, UK 10/20/09 and 11/17/09; Manchester, UK 10/19/09—Millbrook Scientific Instruments, maker of the NanoTest nanomechanical test system, has delisted its stock from London’s AIM exchange. The company sought to cancel its listing in order to reduce costs, limit competitive exposure and reduce the time burden on management. The company has also changed its name to […]
Madison, WI 11/3/09—Life science research instrument company Illumina has filed suit against microarray provider Affymetrix in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Illumina alleges infringement of US Patent No. 7,612,020 (Composite Array Utilizing Microspheres With a Hybridization Chamber) by Affymetrix’s Array Plate products, the GeneChip HT Array Plate Scanner, GeneChip HT […]
Billerica, MA 11/23/09—Millipore has acquired the remaining 60% ownership of its joint venture in India. Based in Bangalore, Millipore India is primarily a sales, service and manufacturing organization with approximately 300 employees. “By establishing direct operations in the country, we will be able to more effectively execute our strategy and leverage our unique capabilities to […]
Enschede, The Netherlands 11/16/09—Concept to Volume BV (C2V) has announced its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific. C2V’s micro-GC products and customized MEMS (microelectric mechanical system) solution, which features an integrated micro chip technology with narrow bore capillary GC columns (see IBO 3/15/08). The products will be sold under the Thermo Scientific brand. “The acquisition is […]
Santa Clara, CA 11/16/09—Agilent Technologies has acquired MassCode technology from Eurofins MWG Group for an undisclosed amount. MassCode Tags are small molecules with unique molecular weights that are used to screen for specific pathogens. Tags are attached to DNA primers corresponding to microbial sequences. The primers are used to amplify nucleic acid using PCR. The […]
Cambridge, MA 11/9/09—Two months after hiring Thomas Weisel Partners to explore strategic alternatives for the company, including a sale (see IBO 9/15/09), Helicos BioSciences has announced that it is no longer pursuing such discussions due to improving prospects and market valuation. However, the company continues to work with Thomas Weisel on a long-term financing strategy. […]
Hillsboro, OR 11/3/09; Eindhoven, The Netherlands 11/3/09—FEI Company has sold its Phenom Scanning Electron Microscopy product line to Phenom-World BV for an undisclosed amount. Phenom-World was established November 3 and is a majority-owned subsidiary of NTS Group BV, FEI’s manufacturing and development partner for the Phenom. Phenom-World will be responsible for marketing, sales and distribution […]
Billerica, MA 11/9/09; Washington, DC 11/13/09—Bruker has announced two changes at the executive level. The company has appointed CFO Bill Knight to the newly created position of chief operating officer, effective February 1, 2010. “Over the past five years, Bill Knight has demonstrated strong financial and operational leadership at Bruker, and in his newly-created COO […]
Carlsbad, CA 11/10/09; Woburn, MA 11/10/09—Life Technologies has agreed to acquire BioTrove for an undisclosed amount. The purchase involves BioTrove’s OpenArray high-throughput gene expression and genotyping analysis system for PCR. Applied Biosystems and BioTrove have collaborated since 2007 (see IBO 11/30/07). “This acquisition and other enhancements recently made to our PCR offerings enable us to […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 11/9/09—QIAGEN NV has agreed to acquire SABiosciences for $90 million in cash, subject to purchase price adjustments. SABiosciences is a developer and manufacturer of more than 100 disease- and pathway-focused PCR assay panels. Based in Frederick, Maryland, SABiosciences has around 100 employees. “These assay panels are designed for use with and leveraged […]
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