M&A Deal Summary

bioMerieux Acquires BTF Pty.

On September 11, 2007, bioMerieux acquired life science company BTF Pty.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is bioMerieux’s 4th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is bioMerieux’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-09-11
Target BTF Pty.
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) bioMerieux
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BTF Pty.

North Ryde, Australia
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BTF Pty. Ltd. is a specialist in industrial microbiology. BTF provides most precise quantitative reference standards for microbiological testing. Its patented BioBall™ technology is used in quality assurance, to verify the performance of control methods.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

bioMerieux

Marcy l'Etoile, France

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Category Company
Founded 1963
Sector Life Science
Employees12,800
Revenue 3.6B EUR (2022)
DESCRIPTION

bioMerieux is a provider in the field of in vitro diagnostics. bioMerieux provides diagnostic solutions (reagents, instruments, software) which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety. Its products are used for diagnosing infectious diseases and providing high medical value results for cancer screening and monitoring and cardiovascular emergencies. bioMerieux was founded in 1963 and is based in Marcy l'Etoile, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 21
Sector (Life Science) 4 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 17
Country (Australia) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-02 Biomedics S.L.

Tres Cantos, Spain

Biomedics S.L. is a provider in the field of bacteriology, particularly in culture media.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-18 AB BIODISK

Askim, Sweden

AB BIODISK is a vitro diagnostics company with facilities for research and development, manufacturing and marketing.

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