, ▁acquired ▁ 1 5 ▁companies ▁between ▁them ▁before ▁their ▁mer ger ▁( see ▁graph ic ), ▁and ▁another ▁ 5 6 ▁companies ▁since ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁joint ▁company ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁numbers ▁which ▁may ▁be ▁lower ▁estimates . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Th ermo ▁Fish er ▁Scient ific ▁Inc . ▁bought ▁Ph ad ia ▁to ▁expand ▁in ▁testing ▁for ▁all erg ies ▁and ▁auto imm une ▁dise ases ▁for ▁€ 2 . 4 7 ▁billion ▁($ 3 . 5 ▁billion ) ▁in ▁c ash ▁purchase . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁after ▁a ▁compet itive ▁b idd ing ▁with ▁Hoff mann - La ▁Ro che , ▁Th ermo ▁Fish er ▁acquired ▁Life ▁Techn ologies ▁Corporation ▁for ▁US $ 1 3 . 6 ▁billion ▁in ▁a ▁deal , ▁adding ▁further ▁service ▁lines ▁related ▁to ▁advanced ▁DNA ▁sequ encing ▁and ▁gen etic ▁testing . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁company ▁announced ▁it ▁would ▁ac quire ▁Advanced ▁Scient ific s ▁for ▁$ 3 0 0 ▁million ▁in ▁a ▁c ash - de al . ▁AS I ▁designs , ▁manufact ures ▁and ▁del ivers ▁techn ologies ▁used ▁in ▁bi opro cess ing ▁solutions . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁company ▁announced ▁its ▁intention ▁to ▁ac quire ▁Al fa ▁A esar , ▁a ▁global ▁manufact urer ▁of ▁research ▁chemical s ▁for ▁$ 4 0 5 ▁million ▁from ▁Johnson ▁Matt he y , ▁and