19.05.2011
- Bidders emerged for allergy-testing company Phadia and diagnostic test-maker Gen-Probe, according to The Wall Street Journal. Laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific...
16.05.2011
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world's largest maker of scientific instruments, secured EU regulatory clearance on Friday to buy chromatography systems maker Dionex Corp for $2.1...
21.03.2011
- Bayer's Chief Executive Marijn Dekkers came with M&A credentials from his previous job last year and investors have been looking for clues where he plans to take the 147 year-old...
13.01.2011
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, a maker of scientific instruments, is pursuing a sale of two lab-testing divisions that may fetch up to $1 billion, Bloomberg said, citing three people...
14.12.2010
- • Private equity firm Bain Capital agreed to buy Dutch specialty chemical distributor IMCD, in a deal that people familiar with the matter said valued the business at close to €650...
08.09.2010
- Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced that it has extended its reach across Central Europe by making Vialis the latest member of its informatics global partner alliance. Vialis...
02.03.2010
- Germany's family-controlled Merck KGaA agreed to buy U.S. biotech tool maker Millipore for $6 billion to diversify away from its embattled drugs business. While analysts said the...
02.03.2010
- Merck KGaA's agreed $6 billion cash purchase of U.S. biotech tool maker Millipore buoyed the German drugmaker's share on Monday as it diversified away from its embattled...
