insitro Acquires Haystack Sciences

Quest Diagnostics Acquires Haystack Oncology

April 27, 2023

Healthcare Services

Quest Diagnostics has agreed to acquire Haystack Oncology in an all-cash transaction valued at $300 million at closing plus up to $150 million in potential milestones. The acquisition adds Haystack's sensitive ctDNA-based minimal residual disease (MRD) liquid biopsy technology to Quest's oncology, genomics and pathology capabilities to expand clinical lab services for MRD testing beginning in 2024.

Inscripta Acquires Infinome Biosciences and Sestina Bio

January 18, 2023

Biotechnology

Inscripta, a genome engineering company based in Pleasanton, California, has acquired synthetic biology firms Infinome Biosciences and Sestina Bio to accelerate its capabilities in sustainable biomanufacturing. The acquisitions integrate Infinome's GenoScaler strain-engineering platform and Sestina's data-driven scale-up strain design to advance Inscripta's commercialization of bio-manufactured products for industrial and consumer markets.

HaystackID Acquires eDiscovery AI

February 26, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

HaystackID has acquired AI legal-technology provider eDiscovery AI to accelerate GenAI-enabled legal, compliance, regulatory and cybersecurity workflows; financial terms were not disclosed. eDiscovery AI will maintain leadership continuity under CEO Jim Sullivan and continue to serve some clients as a separate entity while its technology is integrated into HaystackID's core AI offerings.

X-Chem Acquires IntelliSyn and AviSyn to Expand Drug Discovery Services

January 26, 2021

Biotechnology

X-Chem, a portfolio company of GHO Capital, has acquired Montreal-based IntelliSyn and its US-based sister company AviSyn to extend its drug discovery offering into medicinal chemistry, custom synthesis and scale-up process chemistry. The deal integrates downstream hit validation and lead optimisation capabilities into X-Chem’s DNA-Encoded Library (DEL) platform, enabling a streamlined screen-to-lead service for pharma and biotech clients; financial terms were not disclosed.

Integrated DNA Technologies Acquires Swift Biosciences

March 11, 2021

Biotechnology

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has acquired Swift Biosciences, a developer of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) library preparation and enrichment kits. The acquisition brings Swift's library prep and enrichment portfolio and Ann Arbor-based team into IDT to expand IDT's NGS product offerings and accelerate growth in academic, translational, and clinical research markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Twist Bioscience Acquires iGenomX

June 30, 2021

Biotechnology

Twist Bioscience acquired iGenomX, a developer of high-throughput multiplex NGS library preparation tools, to expand its NGS workflow capabilities and accelerate customer conversion from microarray genotyping to sequencing-based genotyping. The deal consideration was $35 million (combination of cash and Twist stock, plus up to $5 million contingent stock), and Twist expects modest near-term financial impact with incremental revenue from the acquired business in fiscal 2023.