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2 Sep 2011

Merck's EMD Millipore To Buy Amnis for Imaging Flow Cytometry

EMD Millipore agrees to buy Amnis designs which manufactures and markets high-speed cell imaging instrumentation used in flow cytometry applications in academic, biotech and pharmaceutical cell analysis and research.

EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, is to acquire Amnis Corp. The transaction is expected to close 4Q11.

 

Seattle-based Amnis designs, manufactures and markets high-speed cell imaging instrumentation used in flow cytometry applications in academic, biotech and pharmaceutical cell analysis and research. Amnis had sales of $14 million in 2010.

 

"Amnis’ technology will put EMD Millipore at the forefront of cell analysis by providing us access to break-through, combined imaging flow cytometry, addressing several unmet needs in the field of cell analysis and systems biology,” said Jonathan DiVincenzo, head of EMD Millipore’s Bioscience business unit. “Today there are no comparable alternatives that enable our customers to combine

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