London, UK 10/28/15—Digital imaging instrument firm Scientific Digital Imaging has acquired Sentek for £2 million ($3 million = £0.65 = $1) in cash. Sentek manufactures and produces electrochemical sensors, including pH and conductivity sensors, for water-based applications. For the year ending October 31, 2015, Sentek recorded revenues of £2.6 million ($4.0 million) and a profit […]
Darmstadt, Germany 11/18/15—On November 18, Merck KGaA finalized its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich (see IBO 9/30/14). Except for SAFC Hitech, which was integrated into Merck’s Performance Materials business, Sigma-Aldrich joined Merck’s Life Science business, which is expected to have combined 2015 pro forma revenues of €4.6 billion ($5.1 billion = €0.90 = $1) to […]
San Diego, CA 11/30/15—Genomics database firm Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI) has purchased Cypher Genomics for an undisclosed amount. Cypher Genomics, which has 14 employees, develops genomic interpretation software, including the Mantis platform for interpretation of genomic sequencing data to uncover clinically significant variants and the Coral biomarker discovery service. “Cypher Genomics has created important automated […]
Pfaffikon, Switzerland 11/20/15; Stockholm, Sweden 11/20/15—Technology firm Oerlikon has agreed to sell its Leybold Vacuum business to industrial tools provider Atlas Copco for CHF 525 million ($515 million = CHF 1.02 = $1) in cash. The business generated annual revenues of CHF 390 million ($415 million = CHF 0.94 = $1) as of June 30 […]
London, UK 10/28/15—Digital imaging instrument firm Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI) has acquired Sentek for £2 million ($3 billion = £0.65 = $1), financed by cash and loans. Sentek manufactures and produces electrochemical sensors, including pH and conductivity sensors, for water-based applications. For the year ending October 31, 2015, Sentek recorded revenues of £2.6 million ($3.0 […]
Provo, UT 11/2/15—Sequencing informatics company Tute Genomics has acquired human-genome interpretation firm Knome for an undisclosed amount. Knome’s knoSYS platform is used by research and clinical labs for analyzing, annotating and interpreting NGS data. The platform has processed thousands of genomes and exomes, and can store and share them as well as panels and variants. […]
Chelmsford, MA 11/5/15—Brooks Automation, a supplier of automated and cryogenic solutions, has definitely agreed to acquire BioStorage Technologies for $127 million in cash. BioStorage is a provider of sample management programs and integrated cold chain solutions for the biosciences. Trailing 12-month revenues for BioStorage were $40 million. “BioStorage Technologies brings strong customer relationships and excellent […]
London, UK 11/11/15—Life science research tool provider Abcam has agreed to acquire AxioMx for $20 million and an additional $25 million in performance-based payments over five years. Based in Connecticut with 28 employees, AxioMx is a technology-as-a-service company using an in vitro recombinant monoclonal antibody technology, which produces higher quality antibodies faster, according to Abcam. […]
Darmstadt, Germany 10/20/15; Morris Plains, NJ 10/20/15; St. Louis, MO 10/20/15—Merck KGaA has agreed to sell Sigma-Aldrich’s lab research chemical business to Honeywell for €105 million ($119 million = €0.88 = $1) in order to comply with the EU’s antitrust requirements for Merck’s purchase of Sigma (see IBO 6/15/15). Honeywell Fine Chemicals, part of the […]
St. Louis, MO 10/29/15—Sigma-Aldrich has agreed to acquire the Duolink product portfolio from Olink Bioscience for an undisclosed amount. Duolink allows visualization of low levels of proteins, protein modifications and protein interactions in fixed cells and tissue samples. The acquired assets include intellectual property, sales, marketing and manufacturing assets. Sigma has distributed the product line […]
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