Agilent Acquires Polymer Standards Service, Broadening Offerings for GPC/SEC Polymer Analysis

SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 02, 2022  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), today announced it has acquired Polymer Standards Service GmbH (PSS) a provider of solutions in the field of polymer characterization. PSS specializes in hardware and software solutions used in defining the makeup and creation of molecular structures. The company provides complete solutions for gel permeation chromatography... Read more

Avantor® Names Kitty Sahin Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development

New senior leader will spearhead Avantor’s strategic growth initiatives including M&A RADNOR, Pa., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries has appointed veteran strategy and M&A executive, Kitty Sahin, to the newly created role of... Read more

Neogen Acquires Distributor in Thailand

July 06, 2022 LANSING, Mich., July 6, 2022 — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired Thai-Neo Biotech Co., Ltd., a longstanding distributor of Neogen’s food safety products located in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai-Neo Biotech was established in 1992 and has served as a distributor of Neogen food safety products, especially mycotoxin assays... Read more

Bio-Techne Announces Completion of Namocell Acquisition

JULY 05, 2022 MINNEAPOLIS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH), today announced it has completed the acquisition of Namocell, Inc. The Namocell acquisition adds easy-to-use single cell sorting and dispensing platforms that are gentle to cells and preserve cell viability and integrity. Namocell’s instruments and consumables are critical technologies in various workflows in... Read more

AZENTA ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF BARKEY HOLDING GMBH ACQUISITION

CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) today announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Barkey Holding GmbH and its subsidiaries (“Barkey”), a leading provider of controlled rate thawing devices for customers in the medical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Barkey, headquartered in Leopoldshöhe, Germany, has over four decades of expertise in... Read more

Avantor® to Collaborate with GeminiBio to Bring Custom Hydrated Solutions and Cell Culture Media to Biopharma Customers

Collaboration will support growth of emerging modalities by offering custom cGMP solutions to enhance process efficiency and accelerate speed-to-market RADNOR, Pa., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries has entered into an agreement with... Read more

SPT Labtech announces acquisition by EQT Private Equity from Battery Ventures

Caption: firefly®, an innovative liquid handling platform for next-generation sequencing library preparation.To download the image, click here.  EQT Private Equity to acquire SPT Labtech, a manufacturer and designer of automated instruments and consumables for life science research with a focus on liquid handling, sample management and Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (“Cryo-EM”) sample preparation technologiesSPT Labtech’s products support cutting-edge... Read more

Illumina Launches Research Test Codeveloped with Merck to Unlock Deeper Insights into the Tumor Genome

Jun 22, 2022 New assay brings  validated HRD technology from Myriad Genetics to the Illumina TruSight™ Oncology 500, a single, comprehensive pan-cancer test to identify key variants critical for cancer development and progression SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the launch of a research... Read more

Bio-Techne to acquire single-cell sorting platform provider Namocel

JUNE 22, 2022 MINNEAPOLIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Mo., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH), a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and bioactive reagents for the research and clinical diagnostic communities, today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Namocell, Inc. Bio-Techne anticipates the acquisition to close in the first quarter of its... Read more