Hilden, Germany and Germantown, MD 6/25/12—QIAGEN has announced the acquisition of next-generation sequencer (NGS) developer Intelligent Biosystems for an undisclosed amount. Further details of the acquisition were unavailable. QIAGEN disclosed the acquisition as part of a broader announcement of its entry into the NGS market. The company plans to launch a complete workflow for NGS, […]
Shoreview, MN 5/16/12—TSI has acquired Photon Machines’ laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology and product line. LIBS performs elemental analysis of materials without sample preparation. “This acquisition yields a powerful optical spectroscopy method that greatly enhances TSI’s market-leading aerosol-measurement product portfolio,“ said TSI President Tom Kennedy. “The addition of LIBS technology now expands our customer’s […]
Hilden, Germany and Germantown, Maryland 5/3/12—QIAGEN has acquired AmniSure International for an undisclosed amount. AmniSure International markets the FDA-approved, point-of-need AmniSure assay, which tests if a pregnant woman has suffered a rupture of fetal membranes (ROM). “This very accurate diagnostic test contributes significant value in the management of pregnancy and adds to QIAGEN’s portfolio of […]
Princeton, New Jersey 6/13/12—Thermo Fisher Scientific has entered into an agreement to acquire Princeton Security Technologies for $0.89 per share in cash, or approximately $13 million. The price represents a 78.0% premium over the stock’s closing price on June 12. Princeton Security Technologies develops and manufactures X-ray and gamma ray detectors, spectroscopy systems and radioisotope-identifier […]
Madison, WI 6/1/12; Aarau, Switzerland 6/10/12—Following a report in the Wisconsin State Journal, Roche has confirmed with IBO that it plans to eliminate product lines and lay off employees at Roche NimbleGen, a provider of DNA microarray technology. “Our Microarray portfolio will be streamlined and focused on our Sequence Capture products. All other microarray products […]
London, UK 5/9/12—LGC Standards has acquired VHG Labs, a US-based supplier of spectrochemical standards, lab instrument consumables and product-testing services, for an undisclosed amount. “For LGC Standards, this latest acquisition builds on our strategy to increase our footprint in the US market,” said LGC Standards Managing Director David Richardson. “Importantly, it is also a good […]
San Diego, CA 5/17/12—Accelrys has acquired the Hit Explorer Operating System (HEOS), including supporting personnel, from drug discovery and development firm SCYNEXIS. HEOS is a Software-as-a-Service workspace that streamlines collaborative drug discovery. “As many of our customers move to multi-site, multi-collaborator projects to accelerate innovation and reduce costs, we look forward to broadening the applicability […]
Crawley, UK 5/10/12; Crawley, UK 5/29/12—Vacuum product company Edwards Group began trading its shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 11 with 12.5 million shares at a price of $8.00 each (see IBO 3/31/12). The company reported net primary proceeds of $87.1 million, which were used to repay a tranche of debt under […]
Tokyo, Japan 5/24/12—Hitachi High-Technologies has announced an agreement to acquire SII NanoTechnology from Seiko Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Hitachi High-Technologies stated that the acquisition will enhance its core technologies, including X-ray, thermal analysis, ion optic and physical measurement technologies, as well as create synergies. SII NanoTechnology’s fiscal 2011 revenues increased 2.3% to ¥15,576 million […]
Santa Clara, CA and Glostrup, Denmark 5/17/12; Stockholm, Sweden 5/17/12—Agilent Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cancer diagnostic firm Dako from private equity group EQT V for $2.2 billion in cash. Based in Denmark, with 2010 annual revenues of $340 million, Dako provides antibodies, reagents, scientific instruments and software primarily to pathology […]
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