Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world’s largest maker of scientific instruments, announced on Sunday, March 24, it has agreed to buy Brammer Bio in a roughly US$1.7 billion cash deal.
Closely held Brammer Bio, owned by private-equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners, provides pharmaceutical companies developing gene therapies and gene-modified cell therapies with outsourced research and drugmaking services.
Gene therapies aim to replace defective genes with healthy ones, and researchers consider them to be a promising treatment option for intractable inherited diseases. Nearly 300 gene therapies are under development, aiming to treat more than 100 diseases, according to a recent report from a drug-industry trade group.
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