QIAGEN Hit with Preliminary Injunction Against US Sales of NGS System

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Venlo, the Netherlands and Hilden, Germany 9/10/16; San Francisco, CA 9/9/16–The US District Court for the Northern District of California has granted Illumina’s motion for a preliminary injunction barring the sale of QIAGEN’s GeneReader NGS System and related products in the US. The ruling stems from a patent infringement suit brought in May by Illumina […]

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Danaher Buys Cepheid for $4 Billion

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Washington, DC 9/6/16; Sunnyvale, CA 9/6/16–Technology provider Danaher has agreed to acquire publicly held Cepheid, a supplier of molecular diagnostics system, for $4 billion, including debt and net of acquired cash. This is equal to $53 per share in cash, a 54% premium to Cepheid’s closing price on September 2. Cepheid’s 2015 revenue totaled $539 […]

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Duran to Purchase Gerresheimer Lab Glass Business

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Frankfurt, Germany 9/12/16; Duesseldorf, Germany 9/12/16–Gerresheimer and Chase Scientific Glass have announced plans to sell their Kimble Chase to Duran for $131 million. Kimble Chase provides lab and scientific glassware, including reusable glassware, and disposable and specialty products. In 2015, Kimble Chase posted revenues of €100.7 million ($111.9 million = €0.90 = $1). Sales declined […]

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Waters Adds to Materials Characterization Portfolio

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New Castle, DE 9/12/16–Waters’ subsidiary TA Instruments, a provider of analytical instruments for thermal analysis, rheology and microcalorimetry, has announced the acquisition of Rubotherm, which develops and manufactures systems for thermogravimetric and sorption measurements. “Rubotherm brings a great new technology and capability to TA in the form of their patented magnetic suspension balance,” stated TA […]

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