Ginkgo Bioworks Adds Ultra-High-Throughput Screening Platform Via FGen Acquisition

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc DNA has agreed to acquire FGen AG, a Swiss company specializing in strain development and optimization. 

• Under the transaction terms, FGen will receive an upfront payment and additional contingent consideration.
• Specific details were not disclosed.
• FGen has developed an ultra-high-throughput (uHT) screening platform built on nanoliter reactor technology. 
• Ginkgo believes that FGen's technology will significantly enhance its cell screening capabilities.
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• Post-closing, Ginkgo expects that the integration of FGen's platform can significantly increase the capacity of Ginkgo's Design-Build-Test-Learn strain development engine.
• FGen's platform is highly flexible across organisms, pathways, and target products. The platform can be deployed to screen for both intracellular and secreted target products and small molecules & proteins. 
• It can also accommodate diverse organisms, including bacteria, yeast, filamentous species, and mammalian cells.
• Price Action: DNA shares are down 2.93% at $2.96 during the market session on the last check Monday.