PerkinElmer Acquires Nexcelom Bioscience for $260M

PerkinElmer Acquires Covaris

December 8, 2023

Medical Devices

PerkinElmer has acquired Covaris, a Woburn, Massachusetts-based developer of instruments, consumables, and reagents for high-throughput genomic and proteomic sample preparation. Both companies are majority owned by New Mountain Capital; the acquisition expands PerkinElmer's life-sciences portfolio and accelerates its entry into the diagnostics and NGS sample-preparation market. Terms were not disclosed.

PerkinElmer Acquires BioLegend for Approximately $5.25 Billion

July 26, 2021

Biotechnology

PerkinElmer, Inc. agreed to acquire BioLegend, a leading developer of antibodies and life-science reagents, for approximately $5.25 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition expands PerkinElmer's life-science franchise into high-growth areas such as biologics, cell and gene therapy, and proteogenomics, and is expected to be accretive to earnings.

Bruker Corporation Acquires PhenomeX Inc.

August 17, 2023

Biotechnology

Bruker Corporation agreed to acquire PhenomeX Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly $108 million (purchase price $1.00 per share). PhenomeX — formed from the combination of Berkeley Lights and IsoPlexis and provider of single-cell biology instruments, software and reagents — will be folded into a Bruker subsidiary, marking Bruker’s entry into single-cell biology research tools and complementing its spatial biology offerings.

Q² Solutions (IQVIA) Acquires Nexelis from Ampersand Capital Partners

January 10, 2022

Healthcare Services

Ampersand Capital Partners sold its portfolio company Nexelis to Q² Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of IQVIA, Inc. Nexelis, a Laval, Quebec–based provider of assay development and advanced clinical-trial laboratory testing with five operating sites in North America and Europe, will be integrated into IQVIA's global laboratory services to expand capabilities and capacity for vaccine, immunology and other drug-development testing.

PerkinElmer Acquires Cisbio Bioassays from Abénex

April 26, 2019

Biotechnology

PerkinElmer has acquired Cisbio Bioassays from Abénex (with Cisbio management supporting the sale). Cisbio, headquartered in Codolet, France, is a manufacturer of HTRF assay kits, reagents and custom assay services with more than 200 employees; the acquisition expands PerkinElmer's life‑sciences reagent and screening technology portfolio.

Bruker Corporation Acquires NanoString Technologies Business

May 6, 2024

Medical Devices

Bruker Corporation has acquired substantially all assets of NanoString Technologies, Inc. through a court-supervised Chapter 11 asset sale for approximately $392.6 million in cash plus assumption of certain liabilities. The deal, announced April 2024 and closed in late April/early May 2024, brings NanoString's spatial biology and gene-expression product lines into Bruker to preserve customer access, product development, and jobs while expanding Bruker's life‑science instrumentation capabilities.