Leica Biosystems GmbH, agreed to buy Statlab Medical Products in a move that will strengthen parent company Danaher Corp.'s diagnostics and anatomical pathology portfolio with a broader range of consumables and instruments. Although the financial terms were not disclosed, RBC Capital Markets analyst Dan Leonard reckoned that the deal could be valued at more than $1 billion.
Eioncell Co. Ltd. and Hallym University have reported new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising an antibody targeting kita-kyushu lung cancer antigen 1 (KK-LC-1; CT83) linked to a cytotoxic drug potentially useful for the treatment of cancer.
