Hot Life Sciences Companies To Buy Right Now

No sooner had Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: LIFE  ) announced its successful purchase of KDR Biotech last week, then out came Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO  ) with a $13.6 billion bid to buy Life Technologies itself.

This morning, Life Technologies announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell itself to Thermo Fisher for $76 per share, or about $13.6 billion in total plus assumption of $2.2 billion in net debt. That assumption raises the deal value to $15.8 billion in total, easily trumping what was being reported last week as an estimated $11 billion bid for Life Technologies from private equity powerhouses Blackstone, Carlyle Group, and KKR.

The deal must be approved by shareholders and needs regulatory approval.

Thermo Fisher CEO Marc N. Casper was quoted in the company press release as saying that "Life Technologies enhances all three elements of our growth strategy: technological innovation, a unique customer value proposition and expansion in emerging markets." Life Technologies and Thermo Fisher say the deal will build on their "technological strengths to accelerate results for life sciences customers working in proteomics, genomics and cell biology."

Hot Life Sciences Companies To Buy Right Now: Amec(AMEC.L)

AMEC plc provides consultancy, engineering, and project management services worldwide. The company offers engineering services, such as facilities engineering, engineering design, and front end engineering design; project management services comprising construction management, advice and support, health, safety, sustainability, environmental and quality direction and support, and commissioning and start-up services; and consulting services, including business, commercial, environmental, and technical consulting services. It also provides construction services, such as front-end regulatory, design consulting, engineering, and program construction management; decommissioning; environmental consulting and engineering; new build; supply chain management; and sustainability engineering and management services. In addition, the company offers operations and maintenance services comprising shutdown/overhaul, maintenance, mechanical and electrical construction, tank age, and engin eering services; production and maintenance optimization, life-of-asset strategies, asset integrity management, and asset transfer services; production optimization; and duty holder services. Further, it provides specialist services comprising oil and gas specialist services; weather forecasting; registration, evaluation, and authorization of chemicals consultants; and storage tank services. The company serves oil and gas, unconventional oil and gas, minerals and metals, nuclear, renewable/bioprocess, power, transmission and distribution, water/municipal, transportation/infrastructure, government services, and industrial/commercial markets. AMEC plc was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Hot Life Sciences Companies To Buy Right Now: Inventis Ltd (IVT.AX)

Inventis Limited engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of commercial furniture, electronic controllers, and computers in Australia and New Zealand. Its Technology division designs and manufactures custom embedded electronic control systems, such as controls for domestic heating and cooling products, precision HVAC systems, controls for precision pumps and measuring devices, healthcare and safety warning systems, banking machine and smart safe control systems, controls for consumer durables, and waste processing systems; and supplies light, siren, and electro-mechanical system controls comprising pump management and engine governor devices for police vehicles, ambulances, fire fighting appliances, emergency services, and field service vehicles. This division also provides portable computers, including rugged notebook and tablet PCs, rugged PDAs, and peripherals, as well as a range of information gathering and dissemination solutions for various commercial, industrial, mining, emergency services, security, police, and defense applications; emergency alert systems for evacuation warnings, school lockdown alerts, or a range of other site specific alert conditions; and wirelessly networked and controlled warning products designed to deliver timely alerts to road users, train drivers, and pedestrians of a range of danger conditions that require them to stop. The company�s Commercial Furniture division offers commercial seating solutions for office, meeting room, public space, and health and aged care applications; designer seating, desking, and storage solutions for public spaces and reception areas, task and executive seating, and meeting and storage applications; and a range of health and aged care furniture. This division serves a network of dealerships, architects/designers, project managers, and various government departments. Inventis Limited is based in Caringbah, Australia.

Top 10 Valued Stocks To Buy For 2014: Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (TDY)

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides instrumentation, digital imaging products and software, aerospace and defense electronics, and engineered systems in the United States and internationally. The company?s Instrumentation segment provides monitoring and control instruments for marine, environmental, scientific, industrial, and defense applications, as well as harsh environmental interconnect products. Its Digital Imaging segment includes sponsored and centralized research laboratories benefiting government programs and businesses, as well as development efforts for innovative digital imaging products for government and space applications. It also includes infrared detectors, cameras, and optomechanical assemblies. Teledyne Technologies? Aerospace and Defense Electronics segment provides electronic components and subsystems and communications products, including defense electronics, data acquisition, and communications equipment for air transport and business aircra ft and components and subsystems for wireless and satellite communications, as well as general aviation batteries. The company?s Engineered Systems segment provides systems engineering and integration, advanced technology application, software development, and manufacturing solutions to space, military, environmental, energy, chemical, biological and nuclear systems, and missile defense requirements. This segment also designs and manufactures hydrogen generators, thermoelectric and fuel-cell based power sources, and small turbine engines. Teledyne Technologies? customers include government agencies, aerospace prime contractors, energy exploration and production companies, industrial companies, and airlines. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.