Merck Expands Corporate Venture Fund M Ventures with a New Investment of € 600 Million
December 8, 2021
Merck today announced the expansion of its strategic, corporate venture capital arm M Ventures. DARMSTADT, GERMANY -- Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the expansion of its strategic, corporate venture capital arm M Ventures. The new investment of € 600 million allocated to M Ventures will be deployed over the next five [...]
December 8, 2021
BILLERICA, Mass. -- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) announced today that it has completed a new private placement of 10-year senior notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million to enhance its financial flexibility and fund strategic growth objectives. Gerald Herman, Bruker’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, commented “This new debt financing capitalizes [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of PPD, Inc.
December 8, 2021
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPD), a leading global provider of clinical research services to the biopharma and biotech industry, for $17.4 billion. "We are very excited to officially welcome our PPD colleagues [...]
FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific Opens European Manufacturing Facility
December 8, 2021
Qualification of new European hub in Tilburg, the Netherlands completed Facilities fully validated to support expanded capacity for cell culture media production Custom designed for sustainable operation SANTA ANA, California: FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., today announced that its new manufacturing facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands is now open and fully operational. The facility provides state-of-the-art Life [...]
High quality products for Cultured Meat Research
December 8, 2021
AMSBIO has announced a new range of kits, media and reagents to assist in the development of cultured meat products - an exciting new area of food technology. Cultured meat, also known as synthetic, artificial or in-vitro meat, is created by harvesting animal cells that are then placed in a bioreactor and fed with nutrients to help tissue growth. The [...]
Battery Ventures Acquires Analytical-Instrumentation Pioneer LI-COR Biosciences
December 8, 2021
BOSTON -- Battery Ventures, a global, technology focused investment firm, has acquired LI-COR Biosciences, an industry-leading company that makes highly engineered instrumentation systems for environmental research, agriculture, drug discovery, protein research and therapeutics development. LI-COR, founded by Bill and Elaine Biggs, has two main business lines: environmental-monitoring instrumentation, including devices and software for scientists to [...]
December 8, 2021
EEL assay overcomes well-known limitations in spatial biology SANTA CLARA, CA and STOCKHOLM – Rebus Biosystems Inc, (“Rebus Bio”, “Rebus”), an Illumina Ventures-backed life science technology company creating revolutionary tools to advance spatial omics research, today announced that it has acquired the IP and related assay assets of EEL Transcriptomics AB, a privately-held company focused on high-plex spatial transcriptomics [...]
December 8, 2021
MONTREAL & BOSTON -- Nomic Bio ("Nomic"), the protein profiling company, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed US$17 million Series A funding round, bringing the company's total funding to date to over US$21 million. The round was led by Lux Capital and joined by SR One and Casdin Capital, with participation from prior institutional investors. [...]
December 8, 2021
CONTRIBUTING TO STEM EDUCATION ENCOURAGES THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS IRVINE, Calif. — Zymo Research announced today that it is partnering with YARD Sciences to give high school students up-close and personal experiences with scientific laboratories. Zymo Research has donated $10,000 to YARD Sciences to help purchase vitally needed laboratory equipment to support YARD Sciences’ mission [...]
Advion Interchim Scientific Expands Global Footprint with New Offices in Japan, India
December 7, 2021
ITHACA, N.Y. — Advion Interchim Scientific, the market-facing name of a partnership between Advion, Inc. and Interchim SAS, announces two new global centers in Japan and India. To meet market demand, the two new subsidiaries will support instrument and consumable sales and service in these rapidly growing regions, bringing a wide range of flash chromatography, mass [...]

