Radnor, PA 8/4/11—VWR International announced it has acquired LabPartner (Shanghai), a Chinese provider of lab equipment, reagents, consumables and services for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, with a focus on chemical distribution. Financial details were not disclosed. “VWR’s acquisition of LabPartner strengthens our position in China by increasing our scale, geographic reach and supplier offerings […]
Egham, UK 8/15/11—Spectris has agreed to acquire Omega Engineering for $475 million on a debt- and cash-free basis. Omega Engineering provides a broad range of process measurement and control instrumentation to industrial and academic markets. Spectris stated that the company has a differentiated customer service model, which emphasizes quality, availability, customization and delivery speed. “We […]
Franklin Lakes, NJ 7/26/11—BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has named President and COO Vincent A. Forlenza CEO and president, effective October 1. He will also become a member of the Board. He replaces Chairman and CEO Edward J. Ludwig, who will continue to serve as chairman through June 2012. “This change in leadership is the […]
Berlin, Germany and Washington, DC 7/1/11—Bioscan has sold its radiopharmaceutical equipment business to Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik, an isotope technology company, for an undisclosed amount. The sale includes analytical instruments used for the quality assurance of radioactive pharmaceuticals and automated radiopharmaceutical synthesis units. “By such an investment, we are broadening our commitment to […]
Chelmsford, MA 7/25/11—Brooks Automation has acquired Nexus Biosystems, a supplier of automated compound and sample management solutions for life science, for a net cash price of $79 million. For the twelve months ending June 30, Nexus recorded revenues of $36 million. “Together with our other recent acquisition, RTS Life Sciences, and our core technical competencies […]
Waltham, MA 7/18/11; Basingstoke, England 7/18/11—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired TREK Diagnostic Systems from Magellan Biosciences for an undisclosed amount. TREK Diagnostic Systems provides microbiology solutions, including blood culture, micro-organism identification and antibiotic susceptibility products. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, TREK had 2010 revenues of $34 million. “Advances in automation and the development of more rapid […]
New Castle, DE 7/27/11—TA Instruments, a Waters’s company, has acquired Anter Corporation and Anter Laboratories. Anter is a manufacturer of high-performance systems that measure thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and heat capacity of a wide range of materials. “This acquisition adds powerful technologies which complement TA Instruments’ market leading thermal analysis product line,” said […]
Venlo, the Netherlands and Melbourne, Australia 7/11/11— QIAGEN has increased its offer to acquire diagnostics maker Cellestis (see IBO 4/15/11). QIAGEN increased the offer price by 7% to AUD 3.80 ($3.96 =AUD 0.96 = $1) per share for a value of $374 million. QIAGEN stated that this would be its final offer absent a competing […]
Holliston, MA 7/1/11—Harvard Bioscience has acquired the preclinical research business of CMA Microdialysis through a purchase of assets. Microdialysis is used for in vivo sampling and monitoring of organs and tissues. “The acquisition of CMA Microdialysis’ preclinical business provides Harvard with a leading technology to add to our line of specialized tools for biological research,” […]
Stockholm, Sweden 7/6/11; Västra Frölunda, Sweden 7/6/11; Ballerup, Denmark 7/6/11—Biolin Scientific has agreed to acquire Sophion Bioscience, a provider of automated patch clamp products for ion channel research, for DKK 145 million ($28.1 million = DKK 5.15 = $1) and an additional DKK 10 million ($1.9 million) related to sales milestones. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, […]
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