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Life Technologies Corporation was a biotech company founded in November 2008 through a US $6.7 billion merger of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc. The joint sales of the combined companies were about $3.5 billion; they had about 9,500 employees and owned more than 3,600 licenses and patents.
Applied Biosystems is one of various brands under the Life Technologies brand of Thermo Fisher Scientific corporation. The brand is focused on integrated systems for genetic analysis, which include computerized machines and the consumables used within them (such as reagents).
Invitrogen was founded in 1987 by Lyle Turner, Joe Fernandez, and William McConnell and was incorporated in 1989. The company initially found success with its kits for molecular cloning—notably, The Librarian, a kit for making cDNA libraries, and the FastTrack Kit for mRNA isolation from biological samples.
The Wall Street Journal calls Carlsbad, Calif.-based Life Technologies an $11 billion "company you never heard of." As the Journal reports, a buyout group including private-equity powerhouses ...
Shares of Life Technologies (NAS: LIFE) hit a 52-week high last week. Let's look at what's behind this stock's recent movements to try to better understand what might happen in its future. How it ...
The world's second largest maker of laboratory equipment, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) has agree to acquire competitor Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: LIFE) for $13.6 billion in cash ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is an American life, science and clinical research company. It is a global supplier of analytical instruments, clinical development solutions, specialty diagnostics, laboratory, pharmaceutical and biotechnology services.
Life Technologies (NAS: LIFE) reported earnings on Feb. 4. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Life Technologies met expectations on ...