Larchmont, NY 3/1/12; San Diego, CA 3/1/12—A Delaware District Court jury has found that certain Illumina sample preparation and cluster generation kits infringe LadaTech’s US Patent No. 6,107,023 (see IBO 4/30/10). According to LadaTech, the patent covers the DNA amplification process required for sample preparation and cluster station amplification steps. The jury also found the […]
London, UK 3/5/12—Abcam, a supplier of protein research tools, has agreed to acquire Epitomics for $155 million (net Epitomics’ $15 million in cash) in cash and stock. Epitomics provides rabbit monoclonal antibodies (RabMAbs) and has three units: Reagents, which develops and distributes antibodies for research applications; custom antibodies for research and diagnostic applications; and IVD […]
St. Louis, MO 2/24/12; Sheffield, UK 2/24/12; Sheffield, UK 2/24/12—Certara, a provider of drug discovery and development software and scientific consulting services, has acquired Simcyp for $32 million. Based in the UK, Simcyp supplies a modeling and simulation platform for predicting the fate of drugs in virtual populations. For its fiscal year ending July 2011, […]
Graz, Austria 2/29/12—Anton Paar, a provider of analytical instrumentation, has acquired the Petrotest Group for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1873 and based in Germany, Petrotest provides systems for determining the flash point of petroleum products using the Pensky-Martens method. “The combination of existing technologies from both companies results in a promising synergy effect and […]
New Castle, DE 2/15/12—TA Instruments, a Waters company, has acquired German thermal analysis system maker BÄHR Thermoanalyse. “This acquisition adds powerful technologies which complement TA Instruments’ market-leading thermal analysis product line,” said TA Instruments President Terry Kelly. “There are exciting opportunities to merge patented technologies from TA and BÄHR to produce powerful new systems.” BÄHR […]
Madison, WI 2/15/12—A jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has awarded Promega $52.0 million in damages for willful infringement of its Short Tandem Repeat (STR) patents by Life Technologies. The Court may increase the damages and will consider an injunction against Life Technologies for the sale of the infringing […]
Männedorf, Switzerland 2/13/12—Tecan has appointed Dr. David Martyr as CEO, following a five-month search (see IBO 10/15/11). He replaces Thomas Bachmann, who will leave the company immediately. Dr. Martyr was most recently vice president at Danaher and group president of Danaher’s Leica Microsystems business, which provides life science instrumentation, microscopy, cancer diagnostic products, medical technologies […]
Glenview, IL 1/10/12; Berlin, Germany 2/3/12—Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has acquired AppliChem for an undisclosed amount. AppliChem is a German-based chemical supplier focused on fine chemicals and biochemical products for the laboratory, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. AppliChem will be integrated into the business platform led by the Panreac Quimica business, which is part of […]
Washington, DC 1/31/12—Danaher announced on its fourth-quarter conference call that during the quarter its Hach division acquired X-ray Optical Systems (XOS), a provider of X-ray fluorescence spectrometers used in elemental analysis for applied and environmental applications. No further details were available. According to XOS’s website, XOS supplies laboratory, on-line and in-line XRF systems as well […]
San Diego, CA 2/7/12; Basel, Germany 2/8/12—Illumina’s Board of Directors has voted to reject Roche’s unsolicited $44.50 per share cash offer for the company (see IBO 1/31/12). “It is the Board’s unanimous belief that Roche’s offer dramatically undervalues Illumina and fails to reflect the value of the Company’s unique leadership position and future growth prospects,” […]
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