Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) is a global biotechnology tools company
dedicated to improving the human condition. The company's 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 has historical sales of approximately $3.5
billion, employs 9,500 people, has a presence in more than 100 countries,
and possesses a rapidly growing intellectual property estate of over 3,600
patents and exclusive licenses. Life Technologies was created by the
combination of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc.