Waters Corporation Acquires Halo Labs
May 21, 2025
Waters Corporation has acquired Halo Labs, a venture-backed developer of the Aura imaging platform for subvisible and visible particle analysis used in cell, gene and protein therapy development and QA/QC. The deal brings Halo Labs' high-throughput, low-volume particle analysis technology into Waters' Wyatt Technology portfolio to expand Waters' analytical and bioprocessing testing capabilities for large-molecule therapies.
- Buyers
- Waters Corporation
- Targets
- Halo Labs
- Industry
- Medical Devices
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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