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Applera Corp.
BioWorld Industrial Biotechnology StatReport: Immediate and Comprehensive Industry Information
P. O Box 5435, 301 Merrit 7
Norwalk CT 06856-5435, US
Phone: (203) 840-2000; Fax: (203) 762-6000
Toll-free phone: (800) 761-5381
Web: www.applera.com
KEY PERSONNEL: Tony L. White; Chairman, President and CEO
Dennis Winger; Sr. VP and CFO
Kathy Ordonez; Sr. VP and President, Celera Genomics Group
Catherine M. Burzik; Sr. VP and President, Applied Biosystems Group
Barbara J. Kerr; VP, Human Resources
William B. Sawch; Sr. VP and General Counsel
Peter Dworkin, VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
EMPLOYEES: 5.024 employees
HISTORY: Member--Biotechnology Industry Organization
Member--Personalized Medicine Coalition
Acquired Applied Biosystems Inc. (2/93)
Acquired Tropix
Acquired amplified fragment-length polymorphisms (AFLP) technology from
Keygene NV in takeover of GenScope Inc. (2/97)
Acquired PerSeptive Biosystems Inc. for $13/share in stock exchange worth
$360M (1/98)
Acquired Molecular Informatics Inc. (11/97)
Formed genomics company with The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)
(5/98)
Changed name from PE Corp. to Applera Corp. (11/00)
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Applera has two classes of stock: Applera-Applied Biosystems stock and
Applera-Celera Genomics stock. Applera-Applied Biosystems stock is listed
on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'ABI' and is
intended to reflect the relative performance of the Applied Biosystems
Group. Applera-Celera Genomics stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol 'CRA' and is intended to reflect the
relative performance of the Celera Genomics Group. There is no single
security that represents the performance of Applera Corp. as a whole
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: Celera Genomics (see separate entry)
Applied Biosystems Inc. (see separate entry)
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Improve human health and society by understanding and applying the power
of biology to develop breakthrough research technologies, diagnostic
products and drugs
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: DNA and PCR-related systems
Applied Biosystems-MDS SCIEX LC/MS systems
Protein analysis systems
Custom oligosynthesis service
Genetic analysis systems for forensic, animal and plant breeding
Bioinformatics systems for genetic research and genomic drug discovery
Forensics--human identification
Functional genomics systems
Certain infectious disease assays and genetic assays
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