December 23, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships

Roche enters licensing agreement with Sarepta Therapeutics to improve the lives of patients living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Roche obtains the exclusive right to launch and commercialize SRP-9001, Sarepta’s investigational micro-dystrophin gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) outside the United States At closing, Roche will pay an upfront of $750million in cash and $400million worth in equity Sarepta is eligible to receive up to $1.7billion in regulatory and sales milestones, plus royalties... Read more

December 16, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and UMass Medical School Establish Large Scale Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility

New facility will help alleviate bottlenecks in manufacturing that impact preclinical research December 16, 2019 – GE Healthcare (GEHC) Life Sciences and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have come together to establish a Large Scale Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility. The new facility will provide large quantities of high-quality recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors... Read more

December 10, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Other Lab Products/Services

PerkinElmer Announces Collaboration with Emerald Scientific for Cannabis and Hemp Analytical Solutions & Services

Both Companies to Exhibit at MJBizCon in Las Vegas this Week WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced a collaboration with Emerald Scientific, a leading cannabis and hemp lab technology provider and industry thought leader. With this agreement, Emerald Scientific will offer PerkinElmer’s cannabis and hemp testing portfolio... Read more

December 4, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev M&A, Partnerships PAI Top-10

American-Made, Eco-Friendly Adventure Brands–Nalgene Outdoor and Corbeaux Clothing–Partner to Support Domestic Drinking Water Initiatives

American-Made, Eco-Friendly Adventure Brands–Nalgene Outdoor and Corbeaux Clothing–Partner to Support Domestic Drinking Water Initiatives Cobranded Limited-Edition Apparel and Reusable Water Bottles to Raise Funds for Nalgene Water Fund ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — American-made, eco-friendly adventure brands Nalgene Outdoor, maker of reusable water bottles, and Corbeaux Clothing, stylish, eco-conscious adventure apparel, announce a partnership... Read more

December 2, 2019 Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships

Affidea and GE Healthcare sign a $100 million technology partnership agreement for innovative imaging fleet, digital workflow solutions and contrast media

Buc, France – December 2, 2019 – GE Healthcare and Affidea, the pan-European leader in advanced diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer care services, have signed a multi-year agreement to deploy imaging and digital technologies across the Affidea network. GE Healthcare will install 200+ new equipment in Affidea’s network of centers across Europe. The deal includes the... Read more

December 1, 2019 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

GE Healthcare Invests in Future of Healthcare with 3D Printing, Robotic Surgery and Virtual Patient Monitoring Collaborations

Chicago, US – December 1, 2019 – GE Healthcare today announced its investments in and collaborations with Formlabs, CMR Surgical Ltd. and Decisio Health, companies specializing in 3D printing, surgical robotics and virtual care monitoring respectively. When paired with GE Healthcare’s diagnostic expertise and global scale, these three novel healthcare technologies will help expand clinical... Read more

November 13, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

Xylem and Manchester City Football Group Partner in “Cityzens Giving” For Second Annual Safe Water Project

RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 13, 2019– Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is partnering with the Cityzens Giving annual charitable campaign launched today, a Manchester City Football Club global community initiative, which helps young leaders around the world change lives through the... Read more

November 11, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Abcam agrees to acquire Expedeon’s Proteomics and Immunology business, expanding offerings into the fast-growing conjugation segment

Acquisition of leading protein conjugation technologies and products with wellknown industry brands, including Lightning-Link® and CaptSureTM Complementary to Abcam’s existing antibody and multiplex growth strategy, with high customer overlap Acquisition expected to be accretive from the first full year of ownership (FY21)1 and to deliver a ROIC (pretax) ahead of the Group’s WACC by the... Read more

November 8, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Abcam and BrickBio Announce a Partnership to Incorporate Conjugation-Ready Sites into Recombinant Antibodies Across Abcam’s Portfolio

BrickBio’s technology enables efficient placement of unnatural amino acids into recombinant antibodies at specific sites Together, the organizations will industrialize the technology to serve both the research and diagnostic markets CAMBRIDGE, UK and BOSTON, MA, USA, November 08, 2019 / B3C newswire / — Abcam plc, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, is today pleased... Read more

November 7, 2019 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with Owlstone Medical to Advance the Identification of Novel Biomarkers

Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with Owlstone Medical to Advance the Identification of Novel Biomarkers Early disease detection enabled through discovery of biomarkers using non-invasive breath biopsy SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Owlstone Medical, the global leader in Breath Biopsy for applications in... Read more