Revvity, Inc. (NYSE: RVTY), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ACD/Labs, a global provider of scientific software solutions that support analytical characterization and molecular design across pharmaceutical and material sciences end markets. This acquisition expands the breadth and depth of Revvity Signals’ solutions for bridging the gap between analytical data and actionable insights, further strengthening its ability to accelerate scientific innovation. The transaction is expected to close late in Q4 2025.

At the annual IDWeek meeting (https://idweek.org/), Bruker announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Claim 7 and Claim 8 for its MALDI Biotyper® CA System, marking a significant advancement in clinical microbial identification capabilities. The clearance includes the MBT Compass HT CA software and MBT FAST™ Shuttle US IVD (Claim 7), as well as a major expansion of the FDA-cleared reference library (Claim 8), now encompassing 549 clinically validated microbial species across gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, anaerobes and yeasts.

Informatics firm Genedata announced that it has been acquired by Danaher.