Washington, DC 3/8/16—In a letter to the US International Trade Commission (ITC), Oxford Nanopore denied infringement of a patent held by Illumina that is the subject of a federal suit and complaint filed with the ITC by Illumina (see IBO 2/29/16). Oxford Nanopore contends that Illumina’s actions are intended to “stifle competition,” that it believes […]
Washington, DC 2/28/16; San Diego, CA 3/7/16—Illumina has announced that Chairman and CEO Jay Flatley will move to a new role, executive chairman, effective July 5. Mr. Flatley was named chairman on January 28. He has served as CEO since 1999, when he joined the company. President Francis deSouza has been named president and CEO. […]
Santa Clara, CA 3/7/16—As part of its effort to create an NGS workflow for clinical applications, Agilent Technologies has acquired a 48% stake in Lasergen for $80 million. Lasergen is a developer of nucleotide chemistries, including Lightning Terminators for NGS. Agilent also has an option to acquire the remainder of the company until March 2, […]
Pleasanton, CA 2/28/16—Unchained Labs, a supplier of high-throughput solutions for biologics formulation development and small molecule chemistry, has acquired Freeslate for an undisclosed amount. Freeslate develops configurable automated solutions for drug development. “Freeslate’s scale combined with Unchained Labs’ growth and capital creates a real juggernaut in the biologics formulation process,” commented Unchained Founder and CEO […]
Stockholm, Sweden 2/29/16—Perten Instruments, a PerkinElmer company, has acquired Delta Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Based in the Netherlands, Delta manufactures analyzers and testing equipment for milk and dairy products, including IR analyzers and somatic cell counters. “Together our two companies offer the most complete range of milk and dairy analyzers,” commented Perten Managing Director […]
Tewksbury, MA 2/12/16—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired INEL, a French-based real-time XRD supplier. Financial details were not provided. “INEL offers a range of XRD instruments, from simple benchtop instruments for routine applications to sophisticated platforms for analysis of nano-materials, pharmaceuticals, coatings and other advanced materials,” commented Michael Shafer, president, Chemical Analysis at Thermo. INEL will […]
Andover, MA 2/23/16—MKS Instruments, a provider of instrument, subsystems and process control solutions, has agreed to acquire Newport, a supplier of advanced technology products, for $23 per share or approximately $980 million in cash. This is a 52.9% premium over Newport’s closing price on February 22. The combined company will have $1.4 billion in pro […]
San Diego, CA 2/23/16; San Diego, CA 2/23/16; Oxford, UK 2/24/16—NGS company Illumina, the University of Washington and the UAB Research Foundation have filed patent infringement suits against Oxford Nanopore Technologies with the US International Trade Commission and the US District Court for the Southern District of California. The suits allege infringement of US Patents […]
Orlando, FL 2/9/16; San Diego, CA 2/10/16; Santa Clara and Pleasanton, CA 2/11/16 —10X Genomics, the provider of a molecular barcoding platform for NGS, has signed agreements with three instrument firms to utilize its technology as part of their NGS product lines. Illumina and 10X entered into a comarketing agreement for sequencing solutions. QIAGEN and […]
Paris, France 12/24/15—Nuclear technology firm Areva has announced that it will sell its Canberra nuclear instrumentation and measurement business to Mirion-Charterhouse, a provider of radiation protection equipment, radiation detection and monitoring systems, and dosimetry systems. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
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