Charles River Associates Acquires bioStrategies Group

Charles River Associates Acquires Welch Consulting

February 28, 2022

Professional Services

Charles River Associates (CRA) acquired substantially all assets of Welch Consulting, a specialist in economic and labor & employment consulting, in a transaction that closed February 28, 2022. CRA retained Welch's ~45 employees, bolstering and roughly doubling the size of its Labor and Employment Practice and expanding its Los Angeles presence.

Charles River Laboratories Acquires Cognate BioServices

February 17, 2021

Biotechnology

Charles River Laboratories agreed to acquire Cognate BioServices for approximately $875 million in cash, expanding Charles River's capabilities into the high-growth cell and gene therapy CDMO sector. Cognate, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee with over 500 employees, will provide Charles River integrated cell and gene therapy development, testing, and CGMP manufacturing capabilities; the deal was expected to close by end of Q1 2021.

CyberRisk Alliance Acquires Cybersecurity Collaborative

August 19, 2019

Cybersecurity

CyberRisk Alliance (CRA), a PE-backed business intelligence company focused on cybersecurity, has acquired Cybersecurity Collaborative, a private peer-council platform for CISOs founded by Stuart Cohen. The deal brings Cybersecurity Collaborative into CRA’s portfolio to expand its peer council/membership offerings and accelerate product and market expansion for CISOs across enterprise, government and healthcare organizations.

Risk Strategies Acquires Cambridge Advisory Group

March 17, 2022

Consulting

Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage, has acquired Cambridge Advisory Group and its affiliated Health and Productivity Consulting, Inc. The acquisition strengthens Risk Strategies' National Employee Benefits Practice by adding actuarial, pharmacy and benefits data-analytics capabilities based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; terms were not disclosed.

Supreme Group Acquires BioStrata

August 21, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Trinity Hunt-backed Supreme Group has acquired BioStrata, a Cambridge-based life science marketing and public relations agency. The add-on expands Supreme Group's life-science marketing and communications platform, broadening its UK and European footprint while keeping BioStrata's leadership and brand intact.

Charles River Laboratories Acquires Explora BioLabs

April 6, 2022

Biotechnology

Charles River Laboratories has acquired Explora BioLabs Holdings, a San Diego–based provider of contract vivarium services, for approximately $295 million in cash. The deal expands Charles River’s CRADL footprint with more than 15 additional vivarium facilities (bringing expected combined capacity to at least 25 sites and ~300,000 sq ft by end of 2022) and adds complementary preclinical vivarium management capabilities and clients.