November 6, 2018 M&A, Partnerships

GE Healthcare starts to manufacture single-use consumables in China through collaboration with Wego

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and WEIHAI, CHINA – 7 November 2018 – GE Healthcare is to manufacture single-use consumables for bioprocessing in Weihai, China in collaboration with Wego Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, one of the largest healthcare technology suppliers in the country. This collaboration will decrease product delivery times for Chinese biopharmaceutical companies, enhance customer support... Read more

November 6, 2018 M&A, Partnerships Process Analytical Instr.

Au2mate acquired by N. Foss & Co.

6. Nov, 2018 SILKEBORG & HILLERØD, November 6, 2018 – Today, Au2mate and FOSS announced that the holding company N. Foss & Co. has become main shareholder in Au2mate through a purchase of 51% Au2mate shares from existing shareholders. Au2mate will continue to be led as a separate business entity, under the Au2mate name and... Read more

November 2, 2018 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Breakthrough in Rapid Diagnostic for Antimicrobial Resistance

DNAe achieves major milestone in a novel clinical sequencing platform, successfully completing the first phase of its $51.9 million contract with US government’s BARDA London, UK and Carlsbad, CA, USA – 2 November 2018 – A rapid new diagnostic platform that harnesses the power of semiconductor DNA sequencing, promises to revolutionise the ability of physicians to... Read more

November 1, 2018 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Illumina to Acquire Pacific Biosciences for Approximately $1.2 Billion, Broadening Access to Long-Read Sequencing and Accelerating Scientific Discovery

SAN DIEGO & MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Pacific Biosciences (NASDAQ:PACB) today announced they have signed an agreement for Illumina to acquire Pacific Biosciences at a price of $8.00 per Pacific Biosciences share in an all-cash transaction. This price represents a premium of 71% to Pacific Biosciences’ 30 trading day volume weighted... Read more

November 1, 2018 M&A, Partnerships

Lonza Further Strengthens Focus on Its Healthcare Continuum Strategy by Signing Agreement to Divest Water Care Business to Platinum Equity

November 01, 2018 News Release PDF Basel (CH) and Los Angeles, CA (USA), 1 November 2018 – Lonza and Platinum Equity jointly announced today that Platinum Equity has entered into a definitive agreement with Lonza to acquire Lonza’s Water Care business and operations for USD 630 million. The inclusion of the French business in this transaction is still... Read more

October 31, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Co-Diagnostics, Inc. and LGC Sign License Agreement for CoPrimer Technology

31 OCT 2018 Tags:  Genomics, Agriculture Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, proprietary platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, and LGC, Biosearch Technologies, a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of sophisticated, custom oligonucleotide-based tools and associated reagents for applied markets, announced today that they have signed an... Read more

October 31, 2018 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Dovetail Genomics Expands Distribution Network

-Dovetail increases global footprint with seven new distributors – SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Dovetail Genomics™ LLC, which offers genomic products and services to address unmet needs in both human and non-human markets, expanded its growing international distribution network by signing additional partnerships in India, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, China, Thailand and Vietnam. Dovetails tools are used to generate accurate chromosome scale genome... Read more

October 31, 2018 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Paragon Genomics Partners with Sophia Genetics for Comprehensive Genomic Solutions

–Universal SOPHiA AI Platform Now Includes Paragon Genomics’ Accurate and Sensitive CleanPlex® NGS Target Enrichment Technology for Its Rapidly-Growing Global Community of Cancer Centers– –Separately, Paragon Genomics Announces CleanPlex® UMI Research Award Program Granting Winners Free CleanPlex UMI Custom Panels that Enable Allele Frequency Detection Down to 0.1% for Liquid Biopsy and Other Applications– –Visit AMP 2018... Read more

October 30, 2018 Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships

Nikon and OptraSCAN announce strategic partnership to accelerate adoption of Affordable Digital Pathology in North America

Customers to benefit from cloud-enabled whole slide scanners and AI & ML-based analytics at affordable costMELVILLE, N.Y. and SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikon Instruments Inc., innovator of advanced optical instruments and OptraSCAN®, the leading on-demand digital pathology solution provider today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate adoption of affordable digital... Read more

October 29, 2018 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

ZEISS and arivis AG intensify strategic partnership

Joint further development of 3D visualizations of multidimensional image data JENA/Germany, MUNICH/Germany, 2018-10-29. ZEISS and arivis have now expanded and deepened their cooperation, which began in 2014. The companies are pursuing the common goal of enabling new findings in life sciences and in materials research by improving the presentation and analysis of digital data. Modern... Read more