Mérieux Equity Partners-backed Janvier Labs to acquire Yecuris.

Mérieux Equity Partners-backed Janvier Labs, a company specializing in biomedical research, agreed to acquire Yecuris, a start-up company based on technology developed in the laboratory of Dr. Markus Grompe at Oregon Health and Science University. Financial terms were not disclosed. “We are pleased to welcome Yecuris into the Janvier Group. With its know-how, Yecuris strengthens our in vivo and in vitro product offerings as well as our preclinical services offerings, which complements the scope of current capabilities of the Group. This integration implements our willingness to develop our presence in the international market, adding a Janvier Group site in the US. Yecuris strongly complements the other Janvier Group companies and will strengthen the Group’s attractiveness to our customers," Thomas Janvier, Janvier Group CEO.