Complex sentence: The company traces its roots back to 1998 with the acquisition of the assets of the former Michigan Department of Public Health site, located in Lansing, Michigan, and license to produce anthrax vaccine for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Split into simpler sentences: The company traces its roots back to 1998 with the acquisition of the assets of the former Michigan Department of Public Health site, located in Lansing, Michigan. With this acquisition came the license to produce anthrax vaccine for the U.S. Department of Defense.