PerkinElmer (NYSE:PKI) announced today that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Oxford Immunotec. Under the acquisition agreement announced in January, London-based Oxford Immunotec’s shareholders will be entitled to receive $22 for each outstanding ordinary share, with the terms of the acquisition valuing Oxford Immunotec’s entire issued and to-be-issued ordinary share capital at $591 million. […]
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PerkinElmer to acquire Oxford Immunotec
PerkinElmer (NYSE:PKI) and Oxford Immunotec announced today that they agreed to terms under which the former will acquire the latter. Under the agreement, London-based Oxford Immunotec’s shareholders will be entitled to receive $22 for each outstanding ordinary share, with the terms of the acquisition valuing Oxford Immunotec’s entire issued and to-be-issued ordinary share capital at $591 […]
PerkinElmer launches high-volume COVID-19 test workstations
PerkinElmer (NYSE:PKI) announced today that it launched a series of Explorer workstations for increasing COVID-19 testing capabilities. Waltham, Mass.-based PerkinElmer touts its Explorer workstations as capable of preparing and running up to 10,000 COVID-19 tests per day, enabling laboratories to ramp up their testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing coronavirus and generate quick results. According to […]
Glooko names digital health veteran as CEO | Personnel Moves – April 17, 2018
Glooko named health tech veteran Russ Johannesson as its new chief executive this month, adding that the diabetes data management company’s former CEO, Rick Altinger, is slated to become EVP of corporate development. Johannesson previously served as the chief operating officer of Sharecare, a digital health and wellness platform. Before that he led sales, marketing […]
PerkinElmer closes $1.3B Euroimmun buy
PerkinElmer (NYSE:PKI) has closed its $1.3 billion deal to buy Euroimmun Medical Laboratory Diagnostics, the scientific instrument-maker reported today. The acquisition, first announced in June, involves Euroimmun’s 2,400 employees and autoimmune testing solutions. The move helps to expand PerkinElmer’s footprint in autoimmune and allergy diagnostic markets. PerkinElmer also reportedly plans to bring Euroimmun’s tech into its well-established […]
PerkinElmer to buy Euroimmun in $1.3B deal
PerkinElmer (NYSE:PKI) inked a deal today to acquire Euroimmun Medical Laboratory Diagnostics for $1.3 billion in cash. The move is an effort to expand into autoimmune and allergy diagnostic markets, according to the scientific instruments-maker. Germany-based Euroimmun has 2,400 employees and is expected to bring in $310 million in revenue this year. The acquisition, which […]
