Thermo Fisher to Acquire Brammer Bio in $1.7 Billion Gene-Therapy Deal

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. said it is buying Alachua-based Brammer Bio for $1.7 billion in a move that would expand the lab-equipment company’s presence in the rapidly growing field of gene therapy. Closely held Brammer Bio, owned by private-equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners, provides pharmaceutical companies developing gene therapies and gene-modified cell therapies with outsourced […]