01 JUL 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Issuance is final key component in the financing of the planned Versum transaction Three tranches placed Bonds significantly oversubscribed Darmstadt, Germany, July 1, 2019 – Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today successfully placed bonds amounting to € 2.0 billion. The placement is a component of the financing of... Read more
CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leader in automation solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing and life sciences industries, announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of the company’s Semiconductor Cryogenics business to Edwards Vacuum LLC ( a member of the Atlas Copco Group) for $675 million... Read more
Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Sale of Anatomical Pathology Business to PHC Holdings Corporation WALTHAM, Mass., June 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Anatomical Pathology business to PHC Holdings Corporation, a leading global healthcare... Read more
Jun 27, 2019 Partnership strengthens IDT’s position as an NGS leader in China CORALVILLE, IA (June 27, 2019) – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) announces that is has entered into a strategic cooperation with ChosenMed Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (ChosenMed), a medical sequencing firm focused on personalized medicine and transformation healthcare in China. As part of the collaboration, IDT... Read more
Jun 27, 2019 JAKARTA (June 27, 2019) — Today, the United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a U.S.-based global medical technology company, formalized a new partnership to support Indonesia in eliminating tuberculosis (TB) through its National Tuberculosis Program. “Fighting TB with our Indonesian partners... Read more
June 26, 2019 Proprietary, Custom Built UST-Based Instrument Delivered to Collaborators at The Ohio State University; OSU Scientists to Study Pressure and Shear Effects on Pathogen Inactivation, Stability, and Quality SOUTH EASTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 26, 2019 / Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”), a leader in the development and sale... Read more
JUNE 26, 2019 Quanterix Announces Agreement to Acquire UmanDiagnostics, World’s Leading Neurofilament Light (Nf-L) Antibody Supplier Positions Quanterix to capitalize on significant growth opportunities with Nf-L applications in Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and other neurodegenerative conditions Provides expected 200 bps of annualized company gross margin improvement, before impact of purchase price accounting, and expected to... Read more
OBERKOCHEN/Germany, BRAUNSCHWEIG/Germany, 2019-06-19. ZEISS has confirmed that the acquisition of GOM, a leading provider of hardware and software for automated 3D coordinate measuring technology, has been concluded successfully. With the completion of this transaction, GOM has become part of the ZEISS Industrial Quality & Research segment (revenue in 2017/18: 1.549 billion euros). The legal form... Read more
Thermo Fisher Scientific and Predictive Laboratories Announce Global Infertility Research Collaboration Studies aim to elucidate infertility genetics for development of noninvasive test to support decision making and improved outcomes for women pursuing fertility treatment CARLSBAD, Calif., June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific announced today that it has entered into a global research collaboration... Read more
18 JUN 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Placement is an important part of the financing of the planned acquisition of Versum Materials, Inc. Tranches of € 1 billion and € 500 million placed Transaction significantly oversubscribed Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today successfully placed a hybrid bond amounting to € 1.5 billion. The... Read more