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EQT to acquire Europa Biosite, a distributor of life science products
EQT Healthcare Growth ("EQT") has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Europa Biosite (or "the Company") - a distributor of high-quality research-use-only (RUO) life science reagents, chemicals, and biological substances used in healthcare R&D - from Adelis Equity. Headquartered in Stockholm, the Company operates in 17 countries across Europe and North America and supports more than 60,000 researchers in academia and biopharma.
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