PacBio to Acquire Apton Biosystems in Deal Up to $110 Million

August 2, 2023

PacBio entered into an agreement to acquire Apton Biosystems, a Bay Area company developing a high-throughput short-read sequencer based on advanced optics, image processing, and clustering/chemistry. PacBio plans to integrate its Sequencing by Binding (SBB) short-read chemistry into Apton’s high-throughput instrument to accelerate development and commercialize a differentiated short-read platform.

Buyers
PacBio
Targets
Apton Biosystems, Inc (Apton)
Industry
Biotechnology
Location
United States
Transaction Type
Buyout

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