Operating Company Healthcare

Discovery Life Sciences

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Discovery Life Sciences provides highly characterized human biospecimens and cellular starting materials integrated with multi-omic analytical services to advance cell and gene therapy and precision medicine programs.

Focus Areas
Biospecimen procurement and biobanking, Biomarker services, Multi-omics analytics
Website
dls.com

Tracked deals

7

7 tracked deals across 2019-2023.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

5 buyout · 1 addon · 1 divestiture

Discovery Life Sciences Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 5 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 5 years for Discovery Life Sciences. 1 2019 1 2020 2 2021 2 2022 1 2023

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Discovery Life Sciences
    Target
    ReachBio Research Labs
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    Discovery Life Sciences has acquired Seattle-based ReachBio Research Labs to expand its cell biology, toxicology and drug screening capabilities. The acquisition strengthens Discovery's preclinical development and multi-omics service offering, enabling customers to access a broader set of predictive cell-based assays for hematologic diseases, immunology, oncology and cell & gene therapy programs.

  • Buyer
    Discovery Life Sciences
    Target
    AllCells
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    Discovery Life Sciences has acquired AllCells to create an integrated, end-to-end provider of clinical-grade and RUO primary cell products and analytic services for the cell and gene therapy (CGT) continuum. The combined business — operating as AllCells, a Discovery Life Sciences Company and led by AllCells CEO Danny Zheng — aims to expand GMP-compliant starting materials, donor programs and multi‑omic characterization to accelerate CGT discovery through commercialization.

  • Buyer
    Discovery Life Sciences
    Target
    Gentest (business unit of Corning Incorporated)
    Seller
    Corning Incorporated
    Industry
    Biotechnology

    Discovery Life Sciences has acquired the Gentest business unit from Corning Incorporated to expand its in vitro ADME and toxicology reagent and services offering. The deal complements Discovery’s recent acquisition of In Vitro ADMET Laboratories (IVAL) and strengthens its hepatocyte, microsome and ADME-related product and contracted research capabilities for pharmaceutical and life sciences customers.

  • Buyer
    Discovery Life Sciences
    Target
    In Vitro ADMET Laboratories (IVAL)
    Type
    Buyout

    Discovery Life Sciences has acquired Maryland-based In Vitro ADMET Laboratories (IVAL) to add the world’s largest hepatocyte inventory and leading in vitro ADMET expertise. IVAL founder Albert P. Li, Ph.D. will join Discovery as Chief Scientific Officer of Pharmacology and Toxicology as Discovery expands its biospecimen and biomarker service capabilities to better support drug metabolism, toxicology, and pharmacology testing for pharma customers.

  • Buyer
    Discovery Life Sciences
    Target
    Targos Molecular Pathology GmbH
    Location
    Hesse, Germany
    Type
    Addon

    Discovery Life Sciences has acquired Targos Molecular Pathology GmbH, a leading European molecular pathology laboratory, to expand its global tissue biomarker services. The deal integrates Targos's IHC and clinical-pathology capabilities with Discovery's North American labs and HudsonAlpha Discovery sequencing/bioinformatics capabilities to create a market-leading global tissue biomarker services division.

  • Buyer
    Discovery Life Sciences
    Target
    East West Biopharma
    Location
    Kyiv, Ukraine
    Type
    Buyout

    Discovery Life Sciences acquired East West Biopharma, a European human biospecimen contract research organization with a large biocollection network in Ukraine. The deal expands Discovery’s biospecimen collection and clinical site footprint across Europe, strengthening its global position as a leading provider of biospecimen and related scientific services.

  • Buyer
    Discovery Life Sciences
    Target
    QualTek Molecular Laboratories
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Discovery Life Sciences (based in Huntsville, Alabama) has acquired QualTek Molecular Laboratories, a provider of CAP/CLIA-accredited and GLP-capable immunohistochemistry (IHC) laboratories in California and Pennsylvania. The acquisition expands Discovery's histopathology and IHC assay development capabilities and integrates QualTek's services with Discovery's biospecimen, sequencing, flow cytometry and multiomic annotation offerings to accelerate biomarker validation and drug/diagnostic development.

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