October 1, 2019 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Thermo Fisher Scientific Enhances Leading Pharma Services Offering by Expanding API Manufacturing Capabilities

Thermo Fisher Scientific Enhances Leading Pharma Services Offering by Expanding API Manufacturing Capabilities Expansion follows the Completion of the Acquisition of GSK Manufacturing Site in Cork, Ireland CORK, Ireland, October 1, 2019 – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announced the expansion of its API manufacturing capabilities following the completion of its... Read more

October 1, 2019 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of GSK Manufacturing Site in Cork, Ireland

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of GSK Manufacturing Site in Cork, Ireland WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for €90 million. Completion of the transaction follows... Read more

September 30, 2019 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships Product Launch

QIAGEN launches enhanced GeneGlobe Design & Analysis Hub, combining curated knowledge, content-based assays and analyses for life science research

Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, September 30, 2019 – QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of its newly enhanced GeneGlobe Design & Analysis Hub, bringing next-level experiment planning, execution and follow-up to life science researchers. GeneGlobe integrates QIAGEN’s deep, manually curated knowledge base on over 10,000 biological entities with the... Read more

September 30, 2019 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Illumina and Broad Institute Announce Agreement to Co-Develop Genomic Secondary Analysis Tools

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard today announced they have entered into a collaboration for the co-development of secondary genomic analysis algorithms and software. Top data scientists from both institutions will collaborate to bring together the industry-leading open-source GATK algorithms with the speed and enhanced accuracy of... Read more

September 30, 2019 Bio/Pharma/CRO Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

SCIEX and Protein Metrics Join Forces to Meet Biopharmaceutical Customers’ AI and Automation-driven Data Requirements

Integration to empower fast data processing from all SCIEX high resolution accurate mass platforms as digital transformation of life sciences industry and push towards Precision Medicine continues to drive demand for data September 30, 2019 Framingham, MA — SCIEX a global leader in life science analytical technologies, has announced an extended partnership with Protein Metrics Inc., a premier... Read more

September 27, 2019 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

AMETEK to Acquire Gatan from Roper Technologies

Friday, September 27, 2019 BERWYN, Pa. and SARASOTA, Fla. (September 27, 2019) – AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gatan, a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software used to enhance and extend the operation and performance of electron microscopes, from Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) in... Read more

September 24, 2019 Lab Equipment M&A, Partnerships

Hamilton Process Analytics – Applikon Biotechnology BV and Hamilton Bonaduz AG strengthen business partnership

September 24, 2019 Delft, September 24, 2019 – Dutch-based upstream bioprocess equipment specialist Applikon Biotechnology B.V. (Applikon) and Swiss global manufacturer of precision measurement devices Hamilton Bonaduz AG (Hamilton Process Analytics) jointly announce to have signed a worldwide cooperation agreement, making Hamilton Bonaduz AG a primary supplier for Applikon’s intelligent online measurement and control solutions.... Read more

September 24, 2019 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Shimadzu’s efforts to catalyze global collaboration in Advanced Healthcare research

A highlight of Shimadzu’s global efforts to catalyze collaboration: Looking back at the Shimadzu Global Innovation Summit 2019 As part of its efforts to advance collaborations in the field of Advanced Healthcare*, Shimadzu Corporation held the “Shimadzu Global Innovation Summit 2019” from 9th-10th July. This year’s event, on the theme of “Pioneering Partnerships for Advanced... Read more

September 23, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

MTS To Upgrade World's Largest Outdoor Seismic Simulator

  EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems, motion simulators and sensors, today announced plans to work with the University of California San Diego to upgrade the world’s largest outdoor seismic simulation system located at the university’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center in... Read more