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| Company type | Retired Brand Name |
|---|---|
| Industry | Life Science/Biotechnology |
| Predecessor | Invitrogen Applied Biosystems |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Fate | Acquired by Thermo Fisher |
| Headquarters | Carlsbad, California , |
| Parent | Thermo Fisher Scientific  |
| Website | www.lifetechnologies.com |
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.[1]
- ^ "Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen complete $6.7 billion merger". San Francisco Business Times. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2009.