Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) is a global biotechnology tools company dedicated to improving the human condition.
Our systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that make life even better.
Life Technologies customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance personalized medicine, regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research, and 21st century forensics. The company had sales of more than $3.3 billion, employs approximately 9,000 people, has a presence in 160 countries, and possesses a rapidly growing intellectual property estate of approximately 3,900 patents and exclusive licenses. Life Technologies was created by the combination of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc.