M&A Deal Summary

Life Technologies Acquires Stokes Bio

On April 27, 2010, Life Technologies acquired healthcare services company Stokes Bio

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Life Technologies’ 2nd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Life Technologies’ 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-04-27
Target Stokes Bio
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Life Technologies
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) IBI Corporate Finance (Financial)

Target

Stokes Bio

Limerick, Ireland
Stokes Bio Ltd is an Irish company dedicated to the development and application of microfluidic technology, which helps to radically improve and enhance life sciences research and molecular diagnostics.

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Buyer

Life Technologies

Carlsbad, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees10,000
Revenue 3.8B USD (2012)
DESCRIPTION

Life Technologies Corporation is a global biotechnology company that is committed to providing the most innovative products and services to leading customers in the fields of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. With a presence in more than 180 countries, the company's portfolio of 50,000 end-to-end solutions is secured by more than 5,000 patents and licenses that span the entire biological spectrum – scientific exploration, molecular diagnostics, 21st century forensics, regenerative medicine and agricultural research.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 16
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 13
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-09 Geneart AG

Regensburg, Germany

Geneart AG is a specialists in the Synthetic Biology field. GENEART provide key technologies for the development and production of new therapeutics and vaccines.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-17 Ion Torrent Systems

San Francisco, California, United States

Ion Torrent Systems, Inc. is a developer of DNA sequencing system that directly translates chemical signals (A, C, G, T) into digital information (0, 1) on a semiconductor chip.

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