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Orchid BioSciences Inc. / AstraZeneca (Cellmark Diagnostics unit)

2001 · Asset Purchase · Complete

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Feb 13, 2001 NJBIZ Bullish

Orchid BioSciences (Princeton, NJ) announced the acquisition of Cellmark Diagnostics from AstraZeneca on financial terms that were not disclosed; CEO Dale…

Aug 01, 2024 Cellmark Forensics (corporate history) Bullish

Cellmark traces a continuous lineage from ICI (1987) through Zeneca, AstraZeneca, Orchid, LabCorp, a 2018 management buyout, and ultimately Eurofins (August…

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Carve-out of AZ's UK forensic/genetic-identity diagnostics business. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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