GE Healthcare Partners with FUJIFILM
The agreement provides GE with a new product line. A GE spokesperson told IBO that GE will offer: FUJIFILM’s FLA-9000 for radioisotopic, fluorescent, chemiluminescent and digitized imaging; the FLA-7000 for fluorescent, phosphor and radioisotopic imaging; and the LAS 4000 for chemiluminescent and bioluminescent imaging and for Western blotting applications.
Uppsala, Sweden and Stamford, CT 5/28/09—GE Healthcare has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with FUJIFILM for the development, manufacture and supply of advanced biomolecular imaging systems to be sold under the GE brand. “Fujifilm’s high quality technology platforms fit well with our proprietary labeling technologies and the adjacent fields in the imaging workflow that GE Healthcare currently addresses,” commented Nigel Darby, general manager of Biotechnologies, Life Sciences, GE Healthcare. “Furthermore, the integration of the imaging platform with our global service organization will give strong and valuable customer support.” GE will be responsible for sales, application support and services. The companies will also collaborate to develop optimized imaging systems.
