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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
12.12.2012
- Drug companies are spending record amounts on acquisitions in emerging markets, with China the most attractive target nation, reflecting sharply rising sales of western medicines...
23.10.2012
- Indian industrial group Rain Commodities agreed to buy speciality chemicals group Ruetgers in a €702 million ($918 million) deal that would set a new record for an Indian takeover...
03.08.2012
- Global biotech merger volume has reached levels not seen in four years as big pharmaceutical companies pursue deals to get access to new drugs, with bankers saying therapeutic...