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PerkinElmer Seeks To Stop MDS Sale Of Technology To Danaher

PerkinElmer has filed in a Canadian court to block the sale by its MDS joint venture of MDS Analytical Technologies business to Danaher. Danaher agreed in September to buy the business from MDS for $650 million. MDS said the joint venture with PerkinElmer involved development, production and marketing of plasma mass spectrometers. The MDS technology line produces less than 10 percent of the joint venture’s analytical technologies business, MDS said. MDS vowed to defend the sale if necessary. (Click here for more – a subscription may be required)

“MDS: PerkinElmer Seeks Alternative To Analytical Technologies Sale” – Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) (12/11/09)

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PerkinElmer’s Triple-Screening Device Approved For Newborns

PerkinElmer has received FDA approval for its processor for screening the genes of patients in public health laboratories for newborns. The GSP device is to be used to test the infants for genetic, hematologic or metabolic problems. The device is designed to make it easier to analyze blood samples that might point to those problems, allowing more than a single test at a time using small samples. (Click here for more)

“PerkinElmer Gets An OK For A Screening Processor” – Boston Globe (11/3/09)

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PerkinElmer Completes China SYM-BIO Buy, Acquires Part Of Surendra

PerkinElmer said its purchase of China’s SYM-BIO Lifescience has been completed for $63.7 million. The Chinese company is a major diagnostics supplier to hospitals in that country, specializing in tests for infectious diseases. PerkinElmer considers the Chinese firm a major contributor to its portfolio of diagnostics. The U.S.-based company also has acquired the screening business of India’s Surendra Genetic Labs. (Click here for more)

“PerkinElmer Buys Chinese Diagnostics Company” – Boston Globe (9/8/09)

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