ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Acquires Belgian BioStrand, BioKey and BioClue

AVS Bio Acquires ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (Europe) B.V.

August 6, 2025

Biotechnology

AVS Bio, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has acquired ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (Europe) B.V., a carve-out from ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. The acquisition expands AVS Bio's European footprint and adds antibody discovery, recombinant protein expression, and organoid growth factor development capabilities to its biologics services platform.

Cube Biotech Acquires IBA Lifesciences GmbH

January 13, 2025

Biotechnology

Cube Biotech, a portfolio company of ARCHIMED, has acquired IBA Lifesciences GmbH, a German life‑science tools company known for its Strep‑Tag affinity technology. The deal expands Cube's protein purification product portfolio and strengthens its position in affinity‑tag purification technologies to better serve academic and industry researchers worldwide.

QIAGEN Acquires 96% Stake in BLIRT S.A.

May 11, 2022

Biotechnology

QIAGEN N.V. has acquired a more than 96% majority ownership stake in BLIRT S.A., a Gdansk, Poland–based manufacturer of recombinant enzymes and molecular biology reagents. The deal (expected to close in Q2 2022) adds R&D and industrial-scale manufacturing capacity, expands QIAGEN's sample technologies business and broadens its geographic and commercial reach while strengthening supply-chain resilience.

Biotage AB Acquires ATDBio

October 20, 2021

Biotechnology

Swedish life sciences company Biotage AB has acquired UK-based oligonucleotide specialist ATDBio for approximately £45 million in cash and shares. The deal brings ATDBio’s complex DNA/RNA synthesis capabilities and its founders into the Biotage Group to accelerate capability expansion and scale molecular diagnostics, therapeutics and sequencing support services.

Biogen Acquires Human Immunology Biosciences for up to $1.8B

May 22, 2024

Biotechnology

Biogen Inc. has agreed to acquire Human Immunology Biosciences (HI-Bio) for $1.15 billion upfront and up to $650 million in milestone payments, in a deal valued at up to $1.8 billion. The acquisition adds HI-Bio's lead asset felzartamab, an investigational anti-CD38 antibody with Phase 2 data in multiple renal immune-mediated diseases, to Biogen's immunology and rare-disease development capabilities.

CellBio Scientific Acquires BioChain

May 1, 2025

Biotechnology

CellBio Scientific, a provider of life science tools and research services, has acquired BioChain, a biospecimen collection, preparation, and analysis company based in Newark, California. The acquisition expands CellBio Scientific's capabilities in spatial genomics and biospecimen workflows, consolidating BioChain with System Biosciences and Acepix Biosciences to create a broader translational research platform.