M&A Deal Summary

bioMerieux Acquires AB BIODISK

On June 18, 2008, bioMerieux acquired life science company AB BIODISK

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is bioMerieux’s 5th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is bioMerieux’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-06-18
Target AB BIODISK
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) bioMerieux
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

AB BIODISK

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

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Buyer

bioMerieux

Marcy l'Etoile, France

Category Company
Founded 1963
Sector Life Science
Employees14,147
Revenue 4.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

bioMerieux is a provider in the field of in vitro diagnostic solutions (reagents, instruments, software) that 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, monitoring, and cardiovascular emergencies. bioMerieux was founded in 1963 and is based in Marcy-l'Étoile, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 21
Sector: Life Science M&A 5 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 17
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-11 BTF Pty.

North Ryde, Australia

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.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-11 AviaraDX

San Diego, California, United States

AviaraDX, Inc. is a developing and commercializing molecular diagnostic technologies for personalized medicine in cancer treatment.

Buy $60M