Thermo Fisher Announces Plan To Pay For Qiagen; Bernard Confirmed As Qiagen CEO

Thermo Fisher has priced an offering of $2.2bn senior notes to pay for its planned acquisition of Qiagen. The news comes the same week, Qiagen confirmed Thierry Bernard as permanent CEO following the departure of former leader Peer Schatz. 

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Thierry Bernard has been confirmed as the permanent CEO of Qiagen NV, the Netherlands-based diagnostics company announced on 24 March.

Bernard has held the role on an interim basis since October 2019 and has been overseeing Qiagen’s deal to be...

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