MilliporeSigma, the US and Canada Life Science business of Germany’s Merck KGaA (MRK: DE), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire USA-based Mirus Bio, a specialist in the development and commercialization of transfection reagents.
The company said it will pay $600 million for Mirus, in which California, USA-based Gamma Biosciences took a controlling investment in 2021.
The Millipore/Merck is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2024 and is subject to regulatory clearance and other customary closing conditions.
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