Davis Graham and Stubbs served as legal advisor to Mesa. Jefferies served as the exclusive financial advisor and DLA Piper acted as legal advisors to Agena in connection with the transaction. Subject to customary conditions including receipt of applicable regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to be completed in Mesa’s third fiscal quarter ending this December. In a statement, Dansky said: “We are proud of our track record in bringing the power of genomics to the clinical setting in hereditary diseases, pharmacogenomics, oncology, infectious disease and sample integrity testing.” It also provides MassARRAY Dx multiplex genetic analyser designed to simplify the complex clinical genetics environment with easy-to-interpret data, flexible biomarker detection and better performance.Īgena CEO Peter Dansky will join Mesa to manage the new clinical genomics division. a Board Director of Agena Bioscience from July 2014 until October 2021. Their MassArray system is a proven platform which integrates the best of mass spectroscopy and multiplex PCR providing a unique combination of sensitivity, cost effectiveness, fast turnaround time, ease of use, and flexibility.”Īgena offers MassARRAY System, which is an open platform that holds the potential to expand across multiple applications and consolidate the molecular menu to a single workflow. Gary Owens joined Mesa in March of 2017 as Mesas Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mesa president and CEO Gary Owens said: “Agena brings an innovative approach to the challenges of clinical genomics.
The company aims to finance the all-cash transaction with a combination of cash on hand and proceeds from the company’s credit facility.īased in San Diego, California, Agena is involved in the development, manufacturing and supplying of sensitive, low-cost and high-throughput, genetic analysis solutions to clinical labs and development partners across the globe. Mesa Laboratories has agreed to acquire US-based molecular diagnostics tools company Agena Bioscience for a cash purchase price of $300m. Based in San Diego, California, Agena is engaged in the development, manufacturing and supplying of sensitive, low-cost and high-throughput, genetic analysis solutions to clinical labs and development partners across the globeĪgena CEO Peter Dansky will join Mesa to manage the new clinical genomics division.
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