Date set for Merck's Sigma-Aldrich acquisition
11 November, 2015Merck is set to complete its US$17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich, having received final approval from the European Commission (EC).
Merck's acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich close to completion
29 September, 2015Twelve months after pharmaceutical company Merck announced its intention to buy US life science company Sigma-Aldrich, steady progress has been made towards closing the deal.
AMS appointed distributor for ECD
24 July, 2015AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has been appointed exclusive distributor for the Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) range of analytical instrumentation in its territories.
AXT to distribute OpenSpecimen biobanking software solution
26 May, 2015AXT and Krishagni Solutions have announced a distributorship agreement for the OpenSpecimen biobanking software solution for clinical researchers. The product is designed to speed up workflow, allowing users to spend less time tracking specimens.
Merck Millipore acquires rights to Singulex technology
25 May, 2015Merck Millipore and Singulex have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck Millipore will control and manage the Singulex Life Science Research business. As a result, Merck Millipore will have exclusive rights to further develop and commercialise Singulex's Single Molecule Counting (SMC) technology for research applications worldwide.
BGI customers to receive QIAGEN software
05 May, 2015QIAGEN and BGI have announced the expansion of their relationship, with QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis software to be provided to customers of BGI's sequencing services.
DuPont to acquire Taxon Biosciences
24 April, 2015DuPont has announced its intention to acquire microbiome discovery company Taxon Biosciences, thus adding to its own seed and crop protection solutions for agriculture customers.
DKSH appointed exclusive Setaram distributor
01 April, 2015Setaram Instrumentation has announced DKSH Australia as its new exclusive representative in Australia and New Zealand.
Sigma-Aldrich signs exclusive distribution agreement with Roche
24 March, 2015Following an exclusive distribution agreement signed last week, life science company Sigma-Aldrich will employ its sales, marketing and e-commerce expertise for the exclusive worldwide distribution of the Biochemical Reagents product portfolio from Roche.
QIAGEN acquires circulating tumour cell technology
17 March, 2015QIAGEN has expanded its portfolio of liquid biopsies through the acquisition of an innovative technology that enables enrichment and molecular analysis of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood samples.
AXT to distribute NT-MDT atomic force microscopes
20 February, 2015Scientific equipment supplier AXT has announced a partnership with atomic force microscope (AFM) manufacturer NT-MDT. The agreement will see AXT represent NT-MDT in Australia and New Zealand, looking after both sales and service.
Romaco purchases Innojet Herbert Hüttlin
16 February, 2015Manufacturing company Romaco Group has concluded the acquisition of Innojet Herbert Hüttlin. Innojet develops, designs and delivers solutions for granulating and coating solids in the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries on the basis of an innovative product-handling concept.
BD acquires CareFusion for US$12.2bn
13 October, 2014Healthcare company CareFusion has been acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) for $58 per share in cash and stock - a total of $12.2 billion.
Roche acquires AbVitro technology
10 October, 2014Healthcare company Roche has announced a technology acquisition from AbVitro, a company focused on therapeutic target discovery. Roche obtained exclusive rights to a primer extension-based target enrichment (PETE) technology and associated patent applications filed by AbVitro.
AMS appointed optek distributor
01 September, 2014AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the optek range of analytical instrumentation in its territories.
