On December 15, 2009, Life Technologies completed its acquisition of BioTrove, Inc.

BioTrove’s OpenArray® technology is an important addition to our extensive PCR portfolio. It will help Life Technologies provide a complete offering of real-time PCR products based on the OpenArray® platform. These include TaqMan® Gene Expression OpenArray® offerings as well as TaqMan® SNP Genotyping OpenArray® offerings.

For more information about Life Technologies, please visit our website at www.lifetechnologies.com.