DEALS: Qiagen buys key assets

DEALS

WHO

WITH

WHAT

SCOOP

Altana

Eckhart

$768 million buyout

Once the deal is complete, Altana will add Eckhart's chemicals and pigments unit to its chemicals division and spin the venture off as a separate company.

Qiagen

SuNyx

asset buyout

Qiagen buys technology that examines sample preparation by leveraging unique, nanotechnology-based surface structures.

Qiagen

LumiCyte

asset buyout

LumiCyte has been developing capability that dramatically increases the limits of detection achievable through mass spectroscopy.