Earlier this year a megamerger between Quintiles, the world’s largest CRO, and healthcare data and consultancy firm IMS was announced, with the combined company branded as Quintiles IMS. With a
Danaher Corporation has announced the acquisition of medical diagnostics company Cepheid, strengthening their presence in the Molecular Diagnostics market. Danaher will pay $53 per share in cash, a premium of
Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer are expanding their cancer portfolio through the $14B acquisition of California-based biopharmaceutical company Medivation. The acquisition follows two recent unsuccessful bids for Medivation by Sanofi, as well
In order to elucidate the focus of Venture Capital funding in the Biotechnology sector this year, Evolution Analysts have assessed the deals carried out by the Top 25 US Venture
Australian Regenerative Medicine company Mesoblast recently suffered a significant financial setback in the ongoing development of MPC-150-IM, their experimental Phase III treatment for chronic heart failure, with their key US
Texcell, a French provider of biosafety contract services, recently acquired German company Vivo Science GmbH, a GLP/GMP compliant contract research test facility specialising in toxicology, immunology & virology in vivo
Thermo Fisher Scientific have further cemented their reputation as a serial acquirer with the purchase of FEI Company for approximately $4.2B in cash. Oregon-based FEI Company are world leaders in
