Agilent to Acquire Silicon Genetics

In a move that will provide the company with an outstanding informatics product portfolio, Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA, USA) has agreed to acquire Silicon Genetics (Redwood City, CA, USA) Financial terms were not disclosed.

Silicon Genetics is a leading provider of software solutions for the life sciences, particularly genomics data analysis and management tools. These include GeneSpring, for genomic expression data on a desktop computer; Vaira, genetic analysis software for high-volume genetic variation analysis; and GeNet, a scalable repository for expression data. The customers of Silicon Genetics include more than 600 leading pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and major research organizations around the world.

Together, the two companies will form a life sciences informatics team that will be an incubator for informatics products spanning DNA, RNA, protein, and pathway applications. The team will work on developing the products of Silicon Genetics, the Agilent SpectrumMill proteomics workbench, the Agilent Synapsia informatics workbench, and other products.

"We see informatics as a key to advancing integrated biological research, and our goal is to provide customers with functionality in new research areas to enhance their productivity, creativity, and research success,” said Fran DiNuzzo, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Integrated Biology Solutions business.





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