LGC acquires Bio Senate

LGC has acquired the trade and assets of Bio Senate, a supplier of microbiology proficiency testing and reference materials based in Bury, UK.

The business will be merged with LGC Standards, a division of LGC Group and a global supplier of reference materials and proficiency testing schemes.

Bio Senate supplies a range of microbiology proficiency testing schemes focused on the food, water and pharmaceutical segments, as well as microbiology reference materials, sterile matrix materials and quality control strains to more than 700 laboratories worldwide.

“We are delighted to have completed the acquisition of Bio Senate, a business which is highly complementary to our existing activities and which will enable us to further develop the range of proficiency testing schemes and reference/quality control materials that we can offer to our customers,” says Euan O’Sullivan, managing director of LGC Standards. “This acquisition further strengthens LGC Standards’ position as a global leader in the provision of proficiency testing schemes.”