SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 20, 2007 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Velocity11, a leader in automated liquid handling and laboratory robotics for the life science market. Financial details were not disclosed.

The acquisition of privately held Velocity11 enables Agilent to offer a more comprehensive suite of workflow solutions to its life science customers in the pharmaceutical, biotech and academic research markets. Specifically, Velocity11’s technology strengthens Agilent’s offering of automated sample-preparation solutions across a broad range of applications.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 19, 2007 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced its biggest sale to date of analytical instrumentation in India. The sale includes more than 50 instruments, mainly Rapid Resolution Liquid Chromatography (RRLC) systems, plus gas chromatography systems and headspace samplers to Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., one of the top 15 companies in the Indian pharmaceutical industry.

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End-to-end workflow solution encompasses instruments, consumables, software and services

MILFORD, MA., (Dec 18, 2007) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced its Thermo Scientific Stem Cell Excellence program, a new initiative that brings together nearly 100 essential laboratory products and services, spanning instruments, consumables, reagents, and informatics as well as service and automation, to address the needs of  stem cell researchers. The Thermo Scientific Stem Cell Excellence program organizes the company’s offerings around the four key steps in the stem cell workflow: collection/preparation; expansion/differentiation; characterization/analysis; and storage/transport – to cover the full stem cell research process.

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Baar, Switzerland 17 December 2007: Biopartners Holdings AG today announced that it has terminated its supply agreement with The Medical House. In February 2005, The Medical House signed a 10 year supply agreement with Biopartners GmbH for the license and supply of The Medical House’s GH1 reusable, spring powered, needle-free delivery system for the delivery of Biopartners’ human growth hormone product, Valtropin®.

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Hamburg, 12.12.2007 – The wide variety of high-performance, easy-to-use digital camera systems from Olympus offers users a specialised solution for any demanding life science and industrial microscopy imaging application. Each Olympus camera system has been integrated with state-of-the-art technologies, which allows users to achieve excellent image quality as seen through the microscope eyepieces.

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Soon after installation of their new HORIBA ABX Pentra DX 120 and DF 120 haematology analysers at Bronglais District General Hospital in Aberystwyth, the reliability of these high throughput analysers was highlighted. Following heavy snow falls in the large rural catchment area for this hospital, many blood samples taken at remote surgeries took up to five days to reach the laboratory. Despite such extended storage periods, automatic differentials were obtained on the new analysers which could not be achieved by manual ones, as the cells fragmented when spread on a slide for viewing. This saved many patients from having to have another sample taken and tested**.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 7, 2007 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 1200 Series evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD) featuring sensitive and reliable universal detection. This liquid chromatography (LC) detector provides the highest sensitivity, efficiency and reproducibility available in evaporative light scattering detection. The detector is ideally suited for the analysis of non- and semi-volatile compounds, and features high and real-low temperature evaporation.

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Olympus AU-CONNECTOR stands up to the test

Hamburg, 06.10.2007 – Olympus Life Science Europa GmbH today announced that external performance evaluation has confirmed that the newly launched AU-CONNECTOR has excellent operational capabilities. This compact, consolidated system which combines high workload Olympus analysers with Intelligent Sample Management was put to the test by scientists at a busy private laboratory in Munich, Germany.

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Eminent list of plenary speakers announced for MICROSCIENCE 2008

The MICROSCIENCE 2008 International Conference organised by the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) continues to grow, boasting three parallel sessions covering three inspiring themes. These are: Characterisation and nanofabrication of advanced materials; The cell in time and space; and Microscopy and analysis at the frontiers.

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Guildford, UK, 05 December 2007 – IDBS is pleased to announce that the Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation (CDCO), Monash University, has licensed the E-WorkBook Suite to centralise their research data. This is the first sale of the E-WorkBook Suite in Australia.

As a collaborative research centre within the Victorian College of Pharmacy at Monash University, the CDCO sought an application for the capture of both chemical and biological data generated by physiochemical and ADME studies of novel drug candidates. Providing discipline-specific extensions for handling the different data types generated, the E-WorkBook Suite provides one integrated framework for research data management throughout an entire organisation.

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