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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with the mission to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. It delivers technologies, instruments, reagents, consumables, software/informatics, and laboratory/pharma services across life sciences research, diagnostics, and the development and manufacture of therapies.

Focus Areas
Life sciences research tools, Diagnostics, Laboratory instruments and consumables

Tracked deals

7

7 tracked deals across 2010-2025.

Recent pace

1

1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

7 buyout

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 6 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 6 years for Thermo Fisher Scientific. 1 2017 1 2019 1 2022 1 2023 1 2024 1 2025

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
    Target
    Clario Holdings, Inc., Clario Holdings
    Seller
    Astorg, Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings, Cinven, a shareholder group led by Astorg, Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings, and Cinven
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to acquire Clario Holdings, a digital clinical endpoint data solutions company, for $8.875 billion in cash plus up to $400 million in performance-based earnout payments. The deal is expected to close by mid-2026 pending regulatory approvals and would integrate Clario into Thermo Fisher’s Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services segment.

  • Buyer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
    Target
    Olink Holding AB (publ)
    Seller
    Summa Equity
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Location
    Uppsala County, Sweden
    Type
    Buyout

    Thermo Fisher Scientific completed the acquisition of Olink Holding AB (publ) via a public cash tender offer at USD 26.00 per share/ADS, buying the proteomics company from shareholders including Summa Equity. The acquisition strengthens Thermo Fisher’s proteomics and protein-analysis capabilities, adding Olink’s high‑multiplex protein detection technology to its life‑science tools portfolio.

  • Buyer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
    Target
    CorEvitas, LLC
    Seller
    Audax Private Equity
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Type
    Buyout

    Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to acquire CorEvitas, a Waltham, Massachusetts–based real-world evidence (RWE) and clinical registries provider, from Audax Private Equity for $912.5 million in cash. The acquisition, completed August 14, 2023, will fold CorEvitas (approximately 300 employees; expected 2023 revenue ~$110M) into Thermo Fisher’s Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services segment to expand its RWE and life‑sciences data capabilities.

  • Buyer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
    Target
    The Binding Site Group
    Seller
    Shareholder group led by Nordic Capital
    Industry
    Medical Devices
    Location
    West Midlands, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Thermo Fisher Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Binding Site Group from a shareholder group led by Nordic Capital for £2.25 billion (about $2.6 billion). The Binding Site, a Birmingham-based specialist in protein and blood-cancer diagnostics with more than 1,100 employees and ~10% annual revenue growth, will join Thermo Fisher's Specialty Diagnostics segment to expand its capabilities in cancer diagnostics and monitoring.

  • Buyer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Target
    Brammer Bio
    Seller
    Ampersand Capital Partners, Brammer Bio founders
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to acquire Brammer Bio, a viral vector CDMO focused on gene and cell therapies, for approximately $1.7 billion in cash. The deal expands Thermo Fisher’s pharma services and viral vector manufacturing capabilities to support high-growth gene and cell therapy markets and brings a team of nearly 600 employees into its pharma services business.

  • Buyer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
    Target
    Core Informatics
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Core Informatics, a Branford, Connecticut–based provider of cloud-based laboratory informatics platforms including LIMS, ELN and SDMS. The acquisition expands Thermo Fisher’s cloud and digital-lab capabilities by integrating Core’s Platform for Science into Thermo Fisher’s informatics and instrument ecosystem to better serve biopharma, genomics and industrial scientific customers.

  • Buyer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Target
    Finnzymes
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Location
    Uusimaa, Finland
    Type
    Buyout

    Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Finnzymes, a Finland-based provider of PCR enzymes, reagents, instruments and consumables. The acquisition expands Thermo Fisher's molecular biology and diagnostics portfolio by adding Finnzymes' proprietary DNA polymerases, miniaturized thermal cyclers and consumables; Finnzymes is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and had about 90 employees and $20 million revenue in 2009.

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