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bioMerieux Acquires Bacterial BarCodes

On October 16, 2006, bioMerieux acquired life science company Bacterial BarCodes from Spectral Genomics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is bioMerieux’s 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is bioMerieux’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is bioMerieux’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-10-16
Target Bacterial BarCodes
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) bioMerieux
Sellers(s) Spectral Genomics
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Bacterial BarCodes

Houston, Texas, United States
Bacterial BarCodes, Inc. is a molecular biotechnology company. BBCI developed and markets for sale Diversilab, a patented system dedicated to the field of automated microbial genotyping, offering solutions to track hospital acquired infections and for environmental control for product safety.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 5 of 21
Sector: Life Science M&A 2 of 11
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 8
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Organon Teknika

Netherlands

Organon Teknika is a provider in HIV screening and viral load measurement.

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FOLLOWING 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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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Spectral Genomics

Houston, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

Spectral Genomics, Inc. is a global supplier of innovative products for human genetics and performs Genomic Profiling(SM) services for customers in academic and industrial research laboratories.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-03-04 Bacterial BarCodes

Houston, Texas, United States

Bacterial BarCodes, Inc. is a molecular biotechnology company. BBCI developed and markets for sale Diversilab, a patented system dedicated to the field of automated microbial genotyping, offering solutions to track hospital acquired infections and for environmental control for product safety.

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