In Brief This Week: PerkinElmer, Alere, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and More

Mar 03, 2017

|

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission this week, PerkinElmer disclosed that it paid $63.5 million in cash to acquire Bioo Scientific, a deal the firm originally disclosed during its second quarter earnings conference call in August. In its SEC filing, PerkinElmer also said it had acquired a second, unnamed company in 2016 for $8.8 million.

To read the full story....

Register for Free.

Already have a GenomeWeb or 360Dx account?
Login Now.

Breaking News

The Scan

Years and Years

A new analysis examines the gender gap among paper authors in the sciences and says it may take decades or more to close.

Diving Evolution

Researchers have uncovered signals of selection that may enable the Bajau people to free five hundreds of feet deep, Reuters reports.

This Week in Science

In Science this week: paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants in autism, and more.

Issues to Overcome

A new report outlines issues facing the implementation of personalized medicine in the UK, the Independent reports.

Main menu