TBG Diagnostics acquires Taiwanese bioscience company

Company News

by David Chau

TBG Diagnostics Ltd (ASX:TDL) will purchase 51% of the equity in RBC Biosciences, a DNA extraction equipment maker in Taiwan.

The company says the addition of RBC to its business will double its sales revenue in the global diagnostic markets, forecast to be worth $81 billion by 2022.

The company will pay $4.7 million to acquire RBC, and may fund part of it by raising equity capital.

This deal is expected to complete in August, this year.

TBG reported a net loss of $1.35 million at 31 December 2015.

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