Chelmsford, MA 2/5/07—Magellan Biosciences has sold Tek-Cel, a provider of laboratory sample management and storage solutions, to Hamilton, which sells laboratory robotics, chromatography and fluid subsystem products. Financial details were not disclosed. Hamilton is expected to keep TekCel’s headquarters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and to grow Hamilton’s East Coast presence. Magellan President and CEO Dr. Robert J. Rosenthal stated, “Our strategy at Magellan is to expand our presence in clinical diagnostics, specifically in hospital-based labs and the point-of-care setting. While TekCel has made significant progress designing new offerings that are also relevant to the needs of clinical customers, its primary customer base and its focus in the foreseeable future will likely remain pharmaceutical, biotech, and life-science research customers, where Hamilton brings significant global distribution and customer access.”