Life Technologies Buys Instruments Distributor in Korea

Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, CA, USA) announced the acquisition of an instrument distributor Life Science Korea (LSK; Seoul, Republic of Korea).

LSK has been Life Technologies’' primary instrument distributor since 1994 and holds distribution rights to Applied Biosystems products, including next-generation sequencing instruments, Sanger sequencing systems, forensics, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products. LSK serves more than 1,000 customers in academia, government, pharmaceutical, biotech, hospitals, and applied markets. Under the acquisition terms, the LSK name will become part of Life Technologies Korea. No other terms of the deal were announced.

The combination of LSK and Life Technologies will continue to build a strong Life Technologies brand in Korea to stimulate fast and sustainable growth and be well positioned to take advantage of Korea’s focus on developing biotechnology. In the past five years, South Korea has shown solid growth in the biotechnology industry and with the Korean government's Bio-vision 2016 initiative, it is expected that the country will continue to invest heavily in the life sciences industry.

Life Technologies is a global biotechnology company with portfolio of 50,000 end-to-end solutions secured by more than 5,000 patents and licenses that span the following biologic spectrum-scientific exploration, molecular diagnostics, 21st century forensics, regenerative medicine, and agricultural research.

“The acquisition of LSK is in line with our go-direct strategy in South Korea and builds on our current capabilities and platforms in this important market,” said Mark Smedley, president of Life Technologies, Asia Pacific, Japan region. “The combination of Life Technologies Korea and LSK, bolstered by our recent acquisition of consumables distributor KDR, enables us to offer one channel to serve the many different needs of our South Korean customers and to create a superior purchasing experience.”

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