April 5, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Selects PerkinElmer to Support Decode Duchenne Program

April 5, 2018 at 8:15 AM EDT PDF Version WALTHAM, Massachusetts – April 5, 2018 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) has selected the Company to provide genetic testing for its Decode Duchenne program.    Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) is the most common genetic disorder diagnosed in... Read more

April 4, 2018 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

SnapGene and VectorBuilder Partner to Streamline DNA Cloning

April 4, 2018 Biologists can now use SnapGene software to order plasmids directly through VectorBuilder.Chicago, IL – April 4 GSL Biotech and VectorBuilder have formed a partnership to create a complete cloning solution, allowing customers to order their entire custom plasmids directly from VectorBuilder through GSL Biotech’s “SnapGene” software. SnapGene was created to meet the everyday needs of... Read more

April 4, 2018 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Agilent and BioTek Join Forces to Create an Integrated Metabolic Analysis and Imaging Platform

Agilent and BioTek Join Forces to Create an Integrated Metabolic Analysis and Imaging Platform SANTA CLARA, Calif., and WINOOSKI, Vt., April 4, 2018 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and BioTek Instruments, Inc. today announced a new, integrated solution that combines cellular metabolic analysis and imaging technologies. The optimized solution integrates the Agilent Seahorse XFe96/XFe24 Analyzers... Read more

April 3, 2018 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Agilent Technologies Signs Agreement to Acquire Lasergen, Inc.

Agilent Technologies Signs Agreement to Acquire Lasergen, Inc. Acquisition affirms Agilent’s strategic intent to grow in the diagnostics space and build a complete routine clinical NGS workflow SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 3, 2018 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Lasergen, Inc. (Lasergen) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire... Read more

April 3, 2018 M&A, Partnerships

Acquisition of Revolutionary Engineering, Inc.

3 April 2018 – Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition ofRevolutionary Engineering, Inc. from company management for $19 million on a debt and cash-free basis. Revolutionary Engineering, Inc. is an automotive test system and service provider headquartered near Detroit, Michigan in the... Read more

April 2, 2018 Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

Veritas Capital to Acquire Revenue-Cycle, Ambulatory Care and Workforce Management Software Unit from GE Healthcare for $1 Billion

NEW YORK, NY – April 2, 2018 – Veritas Capital (“Veritas”), a leading private equity investment firm, and General Electric (NYSE: GE), today announced that an affiliate of Veritas has entered into a definitive agreement with GE to acquire the Enterprise Financial Management (Revenue-Cycle, Centricity Business), Ambulatory Care Management (Centricity Practice Solution) and Workforce Management... Read more

March 29, 2018 M&A, Partnerships

Sale of part of High Performance Materials business

March 29, 2018 JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (“JXTG Energy”) (President: Tsutomu Sugimori) has decided to sell all of its shareholding in JXTG group companies, Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. (“Irvine Scientific”) and IS Japan Co., Ltd. (“IS Japan”) (collectively “Irvine Scientific Group”) to FUJIFILM Corporation (“Fujifilm”) (President: Kenji Sukeno) for approximately US$800mm. 1.... Read more

March 29, 2018 M&A, Partnerships

JXTGE Announces Sale of Irvine Scientific to Fujifilm

JXTGE Announces Sale of Irvine Scientific to Fujifilm Mar 29, 2018 | Posted in SANTA ANA, California March 29, 2018: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation has announced it has agreed to sell Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. and IS Japan Co., Ltd. to FUJIFILM Corporation (Fujifilm). JXTG Energy acquired Irvine Scientific in 1987 and launched... Read more

March 29, 2018 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Thermo Fisher Scientific Sponsors Precision Medicine Summit in China

One-day event in Beijing convened more than 400 leaders from government, academia and industry to discuss precision medicine advancement BEIJING, March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today sponsored the first China-U.S. Precision Medicine Summit, along with co-hosts CEO Roundtable on Cancer, China Academy of Medical Sciences and... Read more