RE: Deluded!17 Jan 2024 15:01
Hi Sangi,
Always the charmer.
Here's an article you might find useful: https://www.360dx.com/business-news/diagnostics-ma-deals-skyrocket-2021-companies-have-covid-19-cash-burn
And some excerpts:
"Seventy-two mergers and acquisitions occurred in 2021, up from 54 deals in 2020 and topping the most recent high of 58 deals in 2017. Four of those deals each totaled more than $1 billion, excluding Illumina's completed $8 billion acquisition of Grail, which was announced in 2020 but closed in 2021 despite regulatory pushback.
Included in the analysis are deals in the molecular and non-molecular in vitro diagnostic spaces that were announced or completed last year. Only acquisitions of an entire company were included.
"Although many smaller deals totaled less than $50 million, there were four major acquisitions in the diagnostics space: Quidel's recently announced $6 billion acquisition of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics; PerkinElmer's $5.25 billion deal to acquire BioLegend; Roche's acquisition of GenMark for $1.8 billion; and DiaSorin's acquisition of Luminex, also for $1.8 billion."
"In the past few years, Roche has been building out its diagnostic channel, with its acquisitions of Foundation Medicine and Flatiron Health, and the GenMark deal is another feather in its cap. Brennan said Roche's strategy has been to "look for where they don't have good tech yet" and acquire companies that can offer that tech, allowing Roche to introduce the technology through its global distribution channels. In another diagnostic deal, Roche purchased infectious disease molecular test developer TIB Molbiol in 2021 for an undisclosed amount."
"Cancer has thus far been at the forefront of liquid biopsy offerings, but Brennan said that will certainly broaden out in the next five years, expanding beyond oncology to autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases. But cancer testing does continue to be a focus for M&A, with Veracyte buying Decipher Biosciences for $600 million, Laboratory Corporation of America spending up to $575 million to acquire cancer genomics firm Personal Genome Diagnostics, and Hologic purchasing Biotheranostics for $230 million.
As a broader channel, molecular diagnostics companies are the hot ticket item for acquirers. Many of the previously mentioned deals — Roche and GenMark, Roche and TIB Molbiol, and DiaSorin and Luminex — as well as some others, including Hologic's $159 million purchase of Diagenode announced in March and its acquisition of Mobidiag for $759 million, as well as Co-Diagnostics' purchase of Idaho Molecular and Advanced Conceptions for up to $50 million, involved molecular diagnostic companies."