Integrated DNA Technologies Acquires Swift Biosciences

Illumina Acquires Fluent BioSciences

July 9, 2024

Biotechnology

Illumina, Inc. has acquired Fluent BioSciences to integrate Fluent's PIPseq single-cell technology into Illumina's product portfolio and accelerate its multiomics capabilities. The acquisition, which closed July 9, 2024 and was funded with cash on hand, brings Fluent's accessible, scalable single-cell chemistry and the Fluent team into Illumina to expand end-to-end single-cell solutions for research and applied customers.

Agilent Technologies Acquires Avida Biomed

January 4, 2023

Biotechnology

Agilent Technologies has acquired Avida Biomed, an early-stage developer of high-performance NGS target enrichment workflows for cancer research. The acquisition augments Agilent's SureSelect portfolio and expands its capabilities into high-growth clinical research and diagnostics markets by adding Avida's chemistries and automatable assays compatible with Agilent platforms.

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.

Bionano Genomics Acquires BioDiscovery

October 12, 2021

Software

Bionano Genomics agreed to acquire BioDiscovery, a provider of NxClinical genomics analysis software, in a deal worth up to $100 million in cash and equity. The acquisition will integrate BioDiscovery's platform-agnostic analysis and reporting tools with Bionano's optical genome mapping technology to accelerate variant analysis and broaden Bionano's market reach; BioDiscovery founder Soheil Shams will join Bionano as Chief Informatics Officer.

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.

PDI Technologies Acquires SwiftIQ

January 30, 2020

Data & Analytics

PDI Technologies (PDI) acquired analytics-cloud provider SwiftIQ on January 30, 2020 to integrate SwiftIQ's machine learning-enabled analytics and vendor collaboration capabilities into PDI's Offer Network. The acquisition expands PDI's data and insights offering for convenience retailers and CPG brands, enabling better measurement of promotion ROI and store-level optimization.