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Beckman Coulter Inc. / Lumigen Inc.

2006 · Acquisition/Merger · $185M · Complete

CALLED IT — OFF BY 19

A quiet, durable vertical-integration bolt-on: Beckman secured its key immunoassay input supplier, and the underlying franchise it fed grew steadily for a decade-plus with no signs of impairment or divestiture.

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The coverage arc

Oct 04, 2006 BioSpace Bullish

Beckman Coulter pays $185M cash for long-time supplier Lumigen, projecting EPS-accretion by 2007 of at least $0.02/share.

Oct 05, 2006 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Bullish

Acquisition secures Beckman's chemiluminescent reagent pipeline; Lumigen had been a key Access supplier for over a decade.

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Chemiluminescent diagnostics chemistry; key supplier to Beckman Access immunoassay

Did it work? Outcome assessment

A quiet, durable vertical-integration bolt-on: Beckman secured its key immunoassay input supplier, and the underlying franchise it fed grew steadily for a decade-plus with no signs of impairment or divestiture.

Strategic verdict
Partially Achieved

Key facts

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