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Merck Serono and Illumina in Oncology Diagnostics Pact

11.03.2015 - Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Germany's Merck KGaA, and US biotechnology company Illumina, based at San Diego, California, plan to collaborate on expanding the...

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Thermo Fisher takes over Life Technologies for $13.6 Billion

15.04.2013 - Life Technologies has accepted a $13.6 billion cash buyout proposal from scientific and laboratory instruments company Thermo Fisher Scientific in one of the year's biggest...

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Thermo Bids for Life Tech

10.04.2013 - Thermo Fisher Scientific made a binding offer for Life Technologies on Tuesday as private equity firms raced to finalize a consortium to take the genetic testing equipment maker...

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Life Technologies Sale Process Cools

20.02.2013 - An $11 billion-plus sale of Life Technologies is looking less likely as a gap in price expectations with the company has left potential buyer Thermo Fisher Scientific skeptical...

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Thermo Fisher Weighs Life Tech Takeover

30.01.2013 - Thermo Fisher Scientific is considering making an offer for Life Technologies, the biomedical laboratory equipment maker that is exploring a potential sale, three people familiar...

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Life Tech Exploring Potential Sale

18.01.2013 - Life Technologies is exploring a potential sale and has retained banks to advise on the process, sending shares of the biotechnology company 11% higher to an all-time high on...

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Roche Open to Gene-Sequencing Acquisition

19.12.2012 - Swiss drugmaker Roche would still consider buying a gene-sequencing company to fit its strategy of tailoring treatments to specific patients, after dropping a $6.8 billion bid for...

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Life Tech Reins in 2012 Forecast

01.08.2012 - Life Technologies on Tuesday lowered the high end of its full year profit forecast and said revenue would come in at the low end of its prior outlook, citing unfavorable foreign...