Danaher Expands Diagnostics Offerings Via $338 Mil. IRIS Acquisition

Firm will combine IRIS International with its Beckman Coulter diagnostics unit. Deal adds leading worldwide provider of automated urine microscopy and chemistry systems, including IRIS’ fully-automated iQ bench-top analyzer for urine microscopy.

Danaher Corp. will expand its in vitro diagnostics offerings through its acquisition of urinalysis device maker IRIS International Inc.for $338 million under a definitive agreement announced Sept. 17.

IRIS’ in vitro diagnostic (IVD) offerings are used to analyze the chemistry and morphology of cells and sediments in body fluids – with urinalysis as its primary focus – and the firm is the leading

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