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| Acquiring Party | Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI), a leading supplier of life science research systems. |
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| Transferring Party | The Research Products Division of Ambion, Inc., which specializes in the development of products for stabilizing, synthesizing, handling, isolating, storing, detecting and measuring RNA. |
| Sector | Biopharmaceuticals |
| Date | December 27, 2005 |
| Analysis ABI acquires a premium supplier of RNA-based reagents for life science research and drug development, for approximately $273 million in cash. Expected to close in Q1 2006. | |
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