Keyword: genetic testing

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Roche Agrees to Buy Kapa Biosystems to Boost Next-generation Portfolio

20.08.2015 - Swiss drugmaker Roche has signed an agreement to acquire Kapa Biosystems, a provider of genomic tools in the life sciences sector that uses proprietary technologies to optimize...

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Qiagen and Astellas Pharma to Develop Companion Diagnostics

03.11.2014 - Dutch genetic testing specialist Qiagen has signed a master collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma, a Japanese R&D-driven global pharmaceutical company, to develop and...

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Thermo Fisher Profit up as Life Tech awaits

25.04.2013 - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected...

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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...