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Roche, Sigma teamed up for failed Life Technologies bid -sources
ReutersBy Soyoung Kim and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG teamed up with Sigma-Aldrich Corp to make an unsuccessful bid for Life Technologies Corp earlier this year, people familiar with the matter said. Life Tech, the genetic...Tags: Medical Research, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Roche Holding AG
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Thermo Fisher To Buy Life Tech For $13.6 Billion
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Monday agreed to buy Life Technologies Corp for $13.6 billion in a deal that would make it one of the top two companies in the hot field of genetic testing. The pact values Life Tech at $76 per share, a 12 percent...Tags: Fisher Scientific International Incorporated, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Drugs and Medicines, Science, The Carlyle Group
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Local biotechs slash cost of genetic mapping
![CARLSBAD, Calif. - Major breakthroughs in <a href="#">genetic</a> mapping were announced Tuesday by rival biotechnology companies from the San Diego area.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67290481-10211858.jpg "CARLSBAD, Calif. - Major breakthroughs in <a href="#\">genetic</a> mapping were announced Tuesday by rival biotechnology companies from the San Diego area.")
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterCARLSBAD, Calif. - Major breakthroughs in genetic mapping were announced Tuesday by rival biotechnology companies from the San Diego area. Both Life Technologies and Illumina said they developed genome-mapping machines that will cost approximately...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Medical Research, Human Body, Human Body, Biotechnology
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Laboratory receives certification
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Pfizer Animal Genetics laboratory in Kalamazoo, Michigan, received Ilumina CSPro 50K certification. The certification reaffirms Pfizer Animal Genetics' commitment and investment in cutting-edge genomic technology to support...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Science, Health, Science and Technology, Michigan
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FDA: Genetic Tests Need to be Regulated
Tribune reporterDuring a stay at a resort two years ago, Carol Arand bought $4,000 in genetic tests after a spa physician praised their potential to improve her health. If ever she got sick, Arand reasoned, she could take the results to her doctor. "I hoped that this...Tags: Instrument Engineering, San Diego (San Diego, California), Companies and Corporations, Mountain View (Santa Clara, California), Health
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One more genome decoded, this one for Oscar week: Glenn Close's
Booster ShotsA San Diego company said Thursday that it had decoded the complete genome of actress Glenn Close, whom the company called "the first named woman to have her entire genome sequenced." Illumina Inc. said the process of producing a personal...... -
Firms to study why some vulnerable to drug reactions
A better understanding of why some people are predisposed to dangerous drug interactions and serious illness when taking new prescriptions will be the charge of a non-profit group being formed by several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Merck & Company Incorporated, Heart Attack, Abbott Laboratories, Companies and Corporations
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