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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 4Q05



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Acquiring Party    Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq: IVGN), a provider of technologies for disease, drug discovery and commercial bioproduction.
Transferring Party    Qdot semiconductor nanocrystals line of Quantum Dot Corporation, a provider of biomolecular labeling and detection technology.
Sector    Medical Devices
Date    October 6, 2005
Analysis
Enhances Invitrogen's molecular probes business and IP portfolio. With the acquisition of the BioPixels unit of BioCrystal and the exclusive licensing of Georgia Tech's nanocluster technology, establishes Invitrogen in labeling and detection technologies.




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