West Chester, PA 10/8/09; West Chester, PA 10/2/09—VWR International has agreed to purchase lab distributor OneMed Lab from health care products distributor OneMed Group for an undisclosed amount. OneMed Lab distributes lab equipment, chemicals and consumables in Finland, Norway and Sweden and has annual revenues of $30 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. […]
Palo Alto, CA 10/6/09—Varian stockholders have voted at a special meeting on October 5 to approve the merger agreement with Agilent Technologies. Agilent plans to acquire Varian for $52 per share, or approximately $1.5 billion (see IBO 7/31/09). Approximately 84% of the shares of Varian common stock outstanding as of August 15 voted to adopt […]
Darmstadt, Germany and Bangalore, India 10/13/09—Merck KGaA has acquired Bangalore Genei (BGIP) through it wholly owned Indian subsidiary, Merck Specialities Private, from Sanmar Specialty Chemicals. The purchase price was not disclosed. BGIP specializes in the development, production, marketing and sale of products for proteomic and genomic research. BGIP has 100 employees and had fiscal 2009 […]
Washington, DC 9/25/09—In a filing with the SEC, Varian and Agilent disclosed that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding for settlement of the class action lawsuits filed by Varian shareholders against the companies and company personnel (see IBO 9/15/09). The suits, which were subsequently consolidated, alleged that Varian’s directors breached their fiduciary duties […]
Paoli, PA 9/28/09—AMETEK has acquired the assets of Mumbai-based Unispec Marketing and Thelsha Technical Services. Unispec represents AMETEK’s Spectro Analytical Instruments business, among others, in India. Spectro supplies ICP-OES instruments, XRF instruments and related supplies. Thelsha Technologies Services, an affiliate of Unispec, provides installation and post-sales service for Spectro instruments. “The acquisition of Unispec Marketing […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 9/22/09—QIAGEN NV has acquired DxS, a developer and manufacturer of companion diagnostics products, for $95 million in cash, subject to purchase-price adjustments, plus up to $35 million if specific milestones are met. DxS’s currently markets seven real time PCR tests that allow physicians to predict patients’ response to treatments. The acquisition is […]
San Diego, CA 9/28/09—An independent investigation by a special committee of independent directors has found that Sequenom failed to put in place adequate protocols and controls for the conduct of studies of its noninvasive, prenatal Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) program. Sequenom was developing a Trisomy 21 test based on its MS-based MassARRAY platform and SEQureDx […]
Santa Barbara, CA 7/31/09; North Attleboro, MA 7/31/09—Agilent has sold two particle sizing system companies that it acquired last year. Particle Sizing Systems announced that in July Agilent sold the business back to its former owners (see IBO 7/15/08). Particle Sizing Systems supplies instrumentation for particle sizing, particle counting and zeta-potential monitoring. Collodial Dynamics also […]
Sunnyvale, CA 9/16/09; Chelmsford, MA 9/22/09—Dionex has entered into an asset purchase agreement for ESA Biosciences’ Life Sciences Tools business from Magellan Biosciences. The purchase includes the Corona family of Universal Charged Aerosol Directors for HPLC, HPLC clinical assays, and ESA Laboratories services and assets. The purchase price was not disclosed. The detectors will be […]
Corning, NY 9/16/09; Bethesda, Maryland 9/16/09—Corning has acquired Axygen BioScience and its subsidiaries from private equity firm American Capital for $400 million in cash. Axygen is a manufacturer and distributor of life sciences plastic consumables and lab equipment, including pipettes, high-throughput screening products and centrifuges. It will join Corning’s Life Sciences segment. “We believe this […]
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