Pacific Biosciences Acquires Apton Biosystems

Pacific Biosciences Acquires Omniome

July 20, 2021

Biotechnology

Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) signed a definitive agreement to acquire San Diego-based Omniome for approximately $600 million in upfront consideration (9.4 million PacBio shares plus $300 million cash) plus up to $200 million in cash and stock tied to milestones, valuing the deal at about $800 million. The deal — supported by a concurrent $300 million PIPE financing — brings Omniome’s high-accuracy short-read Sequencing-by-Binding technology into PacBio’s portfolio of high-accuracy long-read SMRT sequencing systems to expand PacBio’s capabilities and address high-growth clinical markets such as oncology, transcriptomics and NIPT.

BiomX Acquires Adaptive Phage Therapeutics

March 18, 2024

Biotechnology

BiomX Inc. completed a stock-for-stock acquisition of Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), making APT a wholly owned subsidiary and combining phage therapy capabilities and pipelines. Concurrently, BiomX raised $50 million in a private placement led by affiliates of Deerfield Management and the AMR Action Fund to advance two Phase 2 assets (BX004 and BX211) toward pivotal readouts in 2025–2026.

VION Biosciences Acquires BioAssay Systems

February 5, 2025

Biotechnology

VION Biosciences acquired Hayward, California–based BioAssay Systems in January 2025 as the fourth add-on for its life‑science products platform. The deal adds BioAssay Systems’ enzymatic and high‑throughput assay kits, reagents and analytical services to VION’s proprietary product portfolio to accelerate capability expansion for drug discovery and life‑science research customers.

Quanterix Corporation Acquires Akoya Biosciences

July 8, 2025

Medical Devices

Quanterix Corporation has completed its acquisition of Akoya Biosciences, combining Quanterix's ultra‑sensitive blood biomarker detection platform with Akoya's spatial biology imaging and reagents. Under the amended merger agreement, Quanterix issued approximately 7.8 million shares and paid about $20 million in cash to Akoya equity holders; the combined business is expected to expand the company's served addressable market and accelerate the path to profitability.

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.

Optibrium Acquires BioPharmics LLC

August 31, 2023

Software

Optibrium, a Cambridge-based developer of software and AI solutions for small-molecule drug discovery, has acquired BioPharmics LLC to expand its 3D ligand- and structure-based drug design and visualisation capabilities. The acquisition brings BioPharmics' algorithms and products (including ForceGen, Surflex-Dock, eSim and QuanSA) and its founding scientists into Optibrium's StarDrop platform to strengthen 3D modelling, docking and binding-affinity prediction functionality.