M&A Deal Summary

SeraCare Life Sciences Acquires Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories

On August 19, 2013, SeraCare Life Sciences acquired life science company Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SeraCare Life Sciences’ 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is SeraCare Life Sciences’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is SeraCare Life Sciences’ 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-08-19
Target Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) SeraCare Life Sciences
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories, Inc. products are now part of SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of critical biological products to the in vitro diagnostics industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SeraCare Life Sciences

Milford, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Life Science
Employees193
Revenue 11M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. provides an innovative portfolio of diagnostic controls, plasma-derived reagents and molecular biomarkers used in the discovery, production, and clinical application of a variety of in vitro diagnostics. SeraCare’s global customer base includes in-vitro diagnostics assay developers and manufacturers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and proficiency providers.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Maryland M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-01 SeraCare - BioServices business

United States

SeraCare Life Sciences - biorepository, biobanking and laboratory services business.

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