{"id":93321,"date":"2026-07-09T11:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/qiagen-reportedly-drawing-takeover-interest-from-major-buyout-firms\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:16:24","slug":"qiagen-reportedly-drawing-takeover-interest-from-major-buyout-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/qiagen-reportedly-drawing-takeover-interest-from-major-buyout-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Qiagen Reportedly Drawing Takeover Interest from Major Buyout Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783610184806.jpg?resize=450%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783610184806.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783610184806.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Qiagen, a biotechnology company, appears to be on the radar of several major buyout firms as a potential acquisition target, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.<\/p><p>According to Bloomberg, citing individuals with knowledge of the situation, the firms showing early interest in a possible takeover include EQT AB, Advent, and KKR.<\/p><p>Reuters, which initially reported on the Bloomberg story, noted that it was unable to immediately confirm the information independently.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biotech company Qiagen is attracting early acquisition interest from several large private equity firms, according to a Bloomberg News report. The firms said to be eyeing the company include EQT AB, Advent, and KKR. Reuters was unable to independently confirm the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783610184806.jpg?fit=450%2C277&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-ohb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52908,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/swedish-firm-relaunches-1b-sale-of-chinese-contact-lens-company-after-deal-falls-through\/","url_meta":{"origin":93321,"position":0},"title":"Swedish Firm Relaunches $1B Sale of Chinese Contact Lens Company After Deal Falls Through","author":"Admin","date":"April 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Private equity firm EQT has restarted efforts to sell Chinese contact lens manufacturer Ginko International for at least $1 billion after a previous sale to Advent International collapsed. 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