Bruker AXS Announces Agreement to Acquire

KARLSRUHE & VIERSEN, Germany--Jan. 3, 2008--Bruker AXS GmbH announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of the equity of privately-held JUWE Laborgeraete GmbH from its founders. A stock purchase agreement was signed on December 21, 2007 and the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008. JUWE's estimated [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Leading Chromatography Consumables Provider, La-Pha-Pack

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 20 -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired La-Pha-Pack, a leading manufacturer and provider of chromatography consumables and related accessories, based in Langerwehe, Germany. With revenues of approximately $25 million, La-Pha-Pack will allow Thermo Fisher to offer customers an expanded line [...]

Enzo Biochem Unit Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Belgian Life Sciences Distributor

NEW YORK--Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ - News) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., has signed a letter of intent to acquire 10 P’s BVBA, a privately owned distributor of life science research products, with offices in Belgium serving the Benelux countries. Upon completion of the acquisition, which is subject to [...]

Pediatrix Agrees to Sell Newborn Metabolic Screening Laboratory

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--Dec. 19, 2007--Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc., (NYSE:PDX) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its newborn metabolic screening laboratory to PerkinElmer, Inc., (NYSE:PKI). Specific terms of the cash transaction were not disclosed. Pediatrix will focus its resources to support the continued expansion of its clinical and administrative competencies within the physician services [...]

PerkinElmer to Expand Newborn Health Through Acquisition of Pediatrix’s Metabolic Screening Laboratory

WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI - News), a global leader in Health Sciences, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (NYSE: PDX - News) under which PerkinElmer will acquire the newborn metabolic screening business of Pediatrix in a cash transaction. The acquisition is expected to have no material effect [...]

Applied Biosystems Promotes Mark Stevenson to President and Chief Operating Officer

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--Dec. 19, 2007--Applera Corporation today named Mark P. Stevenson president and chief operating officer of its Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI) and a senior vice president of the corporation. Mr. Stevenson has been executive vice president of Applied Biosystems since July 2007 and has been with the company since 1998. "This decision completes the [...]

Affymetrix to Acquire USB Corporation

USB's Extensive Reagent Platform Will Complement Affymetrix' Current GeneChip(R) Platform and Accelerate the Development of Next-Generation Products SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX - News) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire USB Corporation, a privately held Cleveland, Ohio-based company that develops, manufactures and markets an extensive line of molecular biology [...]

HBIO Divests the Majority of its Capital Equipment Business

HOLLISTON, Mass.--Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBIO - News) today announced it has completed the sale of its Genomic Solutions Division and its Belgian subsidiary, Maia Scientific, both part of its Capital Equipment Business Segment, to Digilab, Inc. The purchase price payable by Digilab under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement consists of $1,000,000 in [...]

Bruker BioSciences Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire the Bruker BioSpin Group for $914 Million in Cash and Stock

Combined Company Will Be a Leading Provider of High-Performance Scientific Instrumentation and Analytical Solutions for Life Science and Materials Research, for Applied and Industrial Markets, and for Homeland Security Detection BILLERICA, Mass.--Dec. 3, 2007--Bruker BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the companies of the privately held [...]

BioTek Instruments, Inc. Continues Global Expansion with Opening of Singapore Office

BioTek Instruments announces the opening of BioTek Instruments Representative Office Singapore as of November 1, 2007. This new office, under the leadership of Mr. Dominic Herring, Technical & Business Development Manager, will support and further increase the rapid growth experienced by BioTek in the Asia Pacific region. “BioTek has always been very proactive in the [...]

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