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Project aims to broaden product offerings to growing diagnostics and pharmaceutical customer base CARLSBAD, Calif., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announces plans to invest $18 million in a multi-phase plan to expand its facility in Pleasanton, Calif., where it will implement Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) capabilities for its genetic analysis products. The project, which executes against Life's roadmap to broaden its...

CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announces the QuantStudio(TM) 3D Digital PCR System, a scalable, chip-based instrument that is democratizing this technology for a rapidly growing market. Featuring a simple workflow with minimal hands-on time, the benchtop platform is disruptively priced at $30,000 -- enabling access to a broader community. The system is currently with early access customers and commercial shipments...

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the U.S. availability of a new HIV-1 viral load test based on the company's proprietary dual-target approach. The COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Test v2.0 for use with the High Pure System enables labs to combine an FDA-approved process for manual specimen preparation with an automated real-time PCR analyzer for amplification and detection. "The availability of this new test will enable more labs,...

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the commercial availability of a new test to assess a patient's viral load of cytomegalovirus (CMV). Physicians use information from the test to help them manage patients who have been diagnosed with CMV disease, specifically patients with an immune system that has been suppressed for solid organ transplantation. The test received premarket approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug...

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced it will report its second quarter 2012 financial results on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, after market close. The company will also hold a webcast on the same day at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss operating results, as well as future expectations. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110216/MM49339LOGO) The webcast can be accessed through the investor relations page of the Life...

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced it will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Health Care Conference on Tuesday, May 15 at 5:00 PM PT. David Hoffmeister, Life Technologies' Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present on behalf of the company. The company will webcast the presentation, which will be available for three weeks following the conference, on the Life...

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the expansion to its TaqMan(®) Mutation Detection Assays -- highly sensitive and novel molecular analysis research tools designed to detect an additional 241 of the most common mutations in 21 cancer genes. The TaqMan(®) Mutation Detection Assays can screen for extremely minute levels of mutations in heterogenous samples and achieve such results in three hours with...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenuity Systems, a leading provider of information and analysis solutions for life science researchers, and Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced Ingenuity iReport for Real-Time PCR optimized for TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays. The new solution is an interactive report that extends analysis beyond Ct or fold-changes to an accurate and dynamic view of the biological information most relevant to a gene...

CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced it will present at Barclays Capital Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, March 14 at 1:30 PM ET. David Hoffmeister, Life Technologies' Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present on behalf of the company. The company will webcast the presentation, which will be available for three weeks following the conference, on the Life Technologies' investor...

CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced it will webcast the company's presentations at two upcoming investment conferences. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110216/MM49339LOGO) Life Technologies will present at Goldman Sachs Healthcare CEOs Unscripted: A View from the Top on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 4:45pm ET. Life Technologies will also present at J.P. Morgan 30(th) Annual Healthcare Conference...