AB SCIEX Enters LC Market
AB SCIEX has distributed Eksigent’s HPLCs as part of an integrated LC/MS offering since 2005 (see IBO 11/30/05). The acquisition furthers AB SCIEX’s marketing, sales and product development of LC/MS systems for life science applications, particularly proteomics. It is indicative of the commitment of Danaher, ABI SCIEX’s new owner, to the business.
Foster City, CA and Concord, Canada 2/16/10—MS supplier AB SCIEX has acquired Eksigent Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Eksigent provides advanced low-flow HPLC systems. “This acquisition addresses a broad range of life science applications, such as the rapidly growing peptide quantitation market, by further enabling breakthrough performance and ease of use through the combination of Eksigent’s leading-edge liquid chromatography technology and AB SCIEX’s best-in-class mass spectrometers for work flows, such as biomarker verification,” commented AB SCIEX President Laura Lauman. Eksigent has 50 employees. The company will remain at its headquarters in Dublin, California.
