Fisher Scientific
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Fisher Scientific International, Inc. (NYSE
: FSH) (colloquially known as Fisher) was a biotechnology company that provided products and services to the global scientific research
and United States
clinical laboratory markets. Its customers included pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies, college
s, universities, and secondary education institutions, medical research institutions
, hospital
s and reference labs and quality control, process control and research and development laboratories. The company offered more than 600,000 products and services to over 350,000 customers located in approximately 150 countries. No single customer represented more than 3% of its total sales in the year ended December 31, 2004.
In August 2004, the company merged with Apogent Technologies Inc., a company engaged primarily in the manufacture and sale of laboratory products in the United States and other countries.
In May 2006, Fisher Scientific and Thermo Electron
announced that they would merge
in a tax-free, stock-for-stock exchange. The merger closed on November 9, 2006 and the merged company is now called Thermo Fisher Scientific
.
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: FSH) (colloquially known as Fisher) was a biotechnology company that provided products and services to the global scientific research
Research
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and United States
United States
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clinical laboratory markets. Its customers included pharmaceutical and biotechnology
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
companies, college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
s, universities, and secondary education institutions, medical research institutions
Research institute
A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research...
, hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
s and reference labs and quality control, process control and research and development laboratories. The company offered more than 600,000 products and services to over 350,000 customers located in approximately 150 countries. No single customer represented more than 3% of its total sales in the year ended December 31, 2004.
In August 2004, the company merged with Apogent Technologies Inc., a company engaged primarily in the manufacture and sale of laboratory products in the United States and other countries.
In May 2006, Fisher Scientific and Thermo Electron
Thermo Electron
Thermo Electron Corporation was a major provider of analytical instruments and services for a variety of domains.Thermo had revenues of over $2 billion, and employed 11,000 people in 30 countries....
announced that they would merge
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or...
in a tax-free, stock-for-stock exchange. The merger closed on November 9, 2006 and the merged company is now called Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a large life sciences supply company that was created in 2006 by the merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific.-Predecessors and merger:...
.
External links
- Fisher HealthCare Clinical Catalog - The Digital Edition
- Fisher HealthCare Rapid Diagnostics Catalog - The Digital Edition
See also
- BiochemistryBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
- Lancaster LaboratoriesLancaster LaboratoriesLancaster Laboratories Inc., is one of the largest contract laboratories in the United States. They specialize in pharmaceutical and environmental analytical services....
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- History of biochemistryHistory of biochemistryThe history of biochemistry spans approximately 400 years. Although the term “biochemistry” seems to have been first used in 1882, it is generally accepted that the word "biochemistry" was first proposed in 1903 by Carl Neuberg, a German chemist....