Canopy Biosciences, LLC announced Wednesday the acquisition of Core Diagnostics, a leading CLIA-certified provider of biomarker analysis services for biopharmaceutical researchers. With the acquisition of Core Diagnostics, Canopy Biosciences will be able to perform its multi-omic immune profiling services in the highly regulated CLIA environment. In addition to NanoString transcriptional profiling, Core Diagnostics also offers histopathology services including immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). The acquisition of Core Diagnostics follows the acquisition of Zellkraftwerk, GmbH, which joined Canopy earlier this year. Both acquisitions were made possible by strategic growth investments from Ampersand Capital Partners.

Capital Partners¨ is pleased to announce that Capital Partners Private Equity Income Fund III, LP, a $600 million committed fund, completed an investment in Allentown, Inc. (“Allentown”) on October 22, 2019 in partnership with John Coiro, second-generation family member, CEO and Chairman, whom will continue to lead the company. Headquartered in Allentown, NJ, Allentown is the dominant innovator and brand-name supplier of animal housing to preclinical in vivo research labs in North America. With more than 40 years of experience in manufacturing lab animal housings, Allentown’s extensive industry knowledge has helped the pharmaceutical industry efficiently develop life-saving drugs as it has improved the supply and design of animal housing systems to include individual self-contained environments. The Company’s dedicated engineering and design team works with customers to design and supply custom animal housing systems that fit the customer’s needs based on capacity, automation preference, monitoring need, and most importantly, improved animal quality of life.

LabCorp¨ (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company that is deeply integrated in guiding patient care, has completed its acquisition of the diagnostic clinical laboratory testing business of South Bend Medical Foundation (SBMF), considerably enhancing the scope of local services that LabCorp offers to hospitals, physicians, and patients across Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. In addition, LabCorp and SBMF will collaborate to provide integrated pathology services to customers in the region, providing an optimal combination of SBMF’s professional pathology services and LabCorp’s advanced technical capabilities, in addition to more efficient access to the leading specialty services of LabCorp’s Dianon Pathology and Integrated Oncology laboratories.

GeneCentric Therapeutics, Inc. announced Thursday that it has acquired Select ImmunoGenomics, LLC, a Chapel Hill, NC-based provider of advanced immunogenomic, data analysis and biomarker development services to support the development of immuno-oncology drugs. The acquisition provides the combined company with a comprehensive, integrated set of RNA-based solutions to enhance drug development by identifying the right patients for oncology drugs, improving response rates and durability, and ultimately patient outcomes. Financial terms were not disclosed. Select ImmunoGenomics was founded by two University of North Carolina researchers, Benjamin Vincent, MD, an expert in computational immune-genomics, and Joel Parker, PhD, a genomics and data science expert. The company supported clients at research as well as at diagnostics and drug development organizations.

COSTAS,Inc. (OTC: CSSI), announces its acquisition of Atlas Nanotech (formerly known as Nano Creaciones SAPI de CV) in an all-stock transaction that marks the Company’s entrance into the multi-billion-dollar global nanomedicine marketplace. The terms of the share exchange agreement include the appointment of new managing officers and a new board of directors, the resignation of COSTA’s current officers and board of directors and the retirement of 12,660,000 shares. The principles of Atlas are receiving 25,000,000 shares of CSSI subject to a lock-up agreement with staggered release of shares over a 2-year period. Atlas Nanotech (FKA Nano Creaciones SAPI de CV) is a Guadalajara based high-tech nanotechnology research and development company focused on the field of nanomedicine. The company patents and licenses nanomedicine developments for worldwide distribution. Atlas is focused on bringing to market state-of-the-art products derived from the latest breakthroughs in nanotechnology as it is applied to the medical field.