{"id":174310,"date":"2010-01-13T10:54:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T15:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=58375"},"modified":"2010-01-13T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T15:54:39","slug":"life-acquires-acrometrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/174310","title":{"rendered":"Life Acquires AcroMetrix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/acquisitions\/\">acquisitions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/Life-Sciences\/\">Life Sciences<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/biomedical-diagnostics\/\">Biomedical Diagnostics<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Bruce V. Bigelow wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Life Technologies (NASDAQ: <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=LIFE\">LIFE<\/a>), the Carlsbad, CA-based provider of biomedical diagnostic equipment and laboratory supplies, has agreed to acquire AcroMetrix, a diagnostics controls specialist based in the Bay Area community of Benicia, CA. Financial terms of the deal were not disculosed. Life says in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/home\/permalink\/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20100112005862&amp;newsLang=en\">statement<\/a> that AcroMetrix&#8217; diagnostic quality control products allow a laboratory to achieve better standardization across systems and are more economically efficient to use than &#8220;homebrew&#8221; control reagents.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"postFooter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-diego\/2010\/01\/13\/life-acquires-acrometrix\/#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/reprints\/>Reprints<\/a> | Share: &nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=RT%20@Xconomy%20Life%20Acquires%20AcroMetrix%20http:\/\/xconomy.com\/?p=58375\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/twitter.gif\" alt=\"Retweet\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-diego\/2010\/01\/13\/life-acquires-acrometrix\/&#038;t=Life%20Acquires%20AcroMetrix\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/facebook.gif\" alt=\"Facebook\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-diego\/2010\/01\/13\/life-acquires-acrometrix\/email\/  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/email.gif\" alt=\"Email\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/item?publisher=bfda184d-6684-4f7a-a23f-ca4ed4db9287&amp;title=Life+Acquires+AcroMetrix&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xconomy.com%2Fsan-diego%2F2010%2F01%2F13%2Flife-acquires-acrometrix%2F\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/share.gif\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t     \t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=728dce2eae397353d0bdbb95ef503088&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=728dce2eae397353d0bdbb95ef503088&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2218\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IqGkd3uYWfWFgnTKyuSsgSOC9z0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IqGkd3uYWfWFgnTKyuSsgSOC9z0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IqGkd3uYWfWFgnTKyuSsgSOC9z0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IqGkd3uYWfWFgnTKyuSsgSOC9z0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Xconomy_Full\/~4\/b6pRQVNT5h8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>acquisitions, Life Sciences, Biomedical Diagnostics Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE), the Carlsbad, CA-based provider of biomedical diagnostic equipment and laboratory supplies, has agreed to acquire AcroMetrix, a diagnostics controls specialist based in the Bay Area community of Benicia, CA. Financial terms of the deal were not disculosed. 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