Investment Summary

Sigma-Aldrich Invests In Research Organics

On April 2, 2012, Sigma-Aldrich invested in life science company Research Organics

Investment Highlights
  • This is Sigma-Aldrich’s 8th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Sigma-Aldrich’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sigma-Aldrich’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

Investment Summary

Date 2012-04-02
Target Research Organics
Sector Life Science
Investor(s) Sigma-Aldrich
Deal Type Acquisition Financing

Target

Research Organics

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Research Organics, Inc., to expand the Company's buffer production capacity and to increase its portfolio of PharmaGrade raw materials for the biopharmaceutical and diagnostic markets. Research Organics is a leading supplier of high purity biochemicals for use in molecular biology, diagnostics, cell culture, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, life sciences and biotechnology.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Sigma-Aldrich

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Category Company
Founded 1951
Sector Life Science
Employees9,800
Revenue 2.8B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Sigma-Aldrich Corp. is a life science and high technology company whose biochemical, organic chemical products, kits, and services are used in scientific research, including genomic and proteomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical, diagnostics and high technology manufacturing. Sigma-Aldrich customers include more than 1.3 million scientists and technologists in life science companies, university, and government institutions, hospitals, and industry.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 13
Sector: Life Science M&A 8 of 10
Type: Acquisition Financing M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 9
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-31 BioReliance

Rockville, Maryland, United States

BioReliance provides critical services that include biologic, specialized toxicology and animal health testing to pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, diagnostics, and other life science customers worldwide.

Buy $350M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-04 Cell Marque

Rocklin, California, United States

Cell Marque Corporation is a provider of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) antibody reagents and kits.

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