BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. acquires Curiosity Diagnostics sp. z o.o.
Snapshot
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. acquired Curiosity Diagnostics sp. z o.o. for $137.1 million total consideration, including fair value of contingent consideration of up to $70.0 million payable on technological development and sales milestones in August 2022. The transaction was structured as all cash plus contingent consideration. Curiosity Diagnostics sp. z o.o. is a Poland-based Clinical Diagnostics business.
- Acquirer
- BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
- Target
- Curiosity Diagnostics sp. z o.o.
- Value
- $137.1 million total consideration, including fair value of contingent consideration of up to $70.0 million payable on technological development and sales milestones
- Date
- August 2022
- Type
- full acquisition
- Status
- ready
The deal at a glance
About this deal
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. acquired Curiosity Diagnostics sp. z o.o. for $137.1 million total consideration, including fair value of contingent consideration of up to $70.0 million payable on technological development and sales milestones, a transaction completed in August 2022, structured as all cash plus contingent consideration.
Curiosity Diagnostics sp. z o.o. operates in Clinical Diagnostics, is based in Poland. Curiosity Diagnostics is a late-stage, pre-commercial platform company developing a sample-to-answer, rapid diagnostics PCR system for the molecular diagnostics market.
The strategic rationale for the transaction was to facilitate our entry into the molecular disease testing market with a differentiated platform.
Differentiated late-stage molecular diagnostics platform complementing Bio-Rad's Clinical Diagnostics offerings. Facilitates entry into the molecular disease testing market and complements Clinical Diagnostics product offerings. Clinical Diagnostics segment Per FY2025 10-K: in December 2025 Bio-Rad discontinued development of the IPR&D asset associated with the Curiosity acquisition and recorded an impairment charge of $127.7 million.
No advisory firms have been disclosed for this transaction.