Deals Shaping The Medical Industry, September 2012
The Dealmaking column is a survey of recent transactions, including strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions, and financings, in the life sciences industries. Deals are listed by the following industry sectors: in vitro diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and research/analytical instrumentation and reagents. All transactions are excerpted from Elsevier's Strategic Transactions database, providing comprehensive transaction coverage from 1991 to the present.
In an initial move to build up its molecular diagnostics business, Life Technologies Corp. is buying privately held personal genomics firm Navigenics Inc. for an undisclosed sum. (Jul.)
Six-year-old Navigenics offers genomic support services and has a CLIA-certified lab for use in designing and validating diagnostic assays. With...