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Newsletter 14/2010

16 August 2010

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Does Thermo Fisher Own a Majority Share in Eppendorf AG?

Does Qiagen Own the European Biotechnology Foundation – EBF?

Who owns Serologicals?

or: the [gs] Summer Quiz, revisited

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Dear reader,

coming back from the summer holidays and enjoying my birthday, I would like to invite you to take part in the [gs] summer quiz.

In the life sciences area it is extremely difficult to keep track of who owns whom, but with gene-sensor.com things aren’t quite that complicated anymore.

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[gs] Summer Quiz: the Questions

Here come the three questions:

1) Does Thermo Fisher own a majority share in Eppendorf AG?

2) Does Qiagen own the European Biotechnology Foundation – EBF?

3) Who owns Serologicals?

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[gs] Summer Quiz: the Answers

Here come the answers:

1) No, at least not yet, Eppendorf is an independent business group.

2) No, the European Biotechnology Foundation – EBF is owned by Biocom AG.

3) Merck KGaA has recently acquired Millipore which 2006 acquired Serologicals.

Now, just take a look, how it is possible to get the results to all three questions within seconds with just one search at [gs]!

Enter all company names combined with OR into the search field at www.gene-sensor.com like this:

"Thermo Fisher" OR Eppendorf OR Qiagen OR EBF OR Serologicals

You get the following results:

Global Search › Result

Search term »"Thermo Fisher" OR Eppendorf OR Qiagen OR EBF OR Serologicals«

2326 documents
366 organisations
1275 products
249 persons
84 employments/memberships
980 collaborations
139 financings
[... result list continues, not displayed here]

Just take a look at the 366 organisations that come sorted by name as default, and select the ones you’ve searched for.

Organisations › Result *

Search term »"Thermo Fisher" OR Eppendorf OR Qiagen OR EBF OR Serologicals«

Total search results: 366 | Ordered by Organisation (ascending)
1 2 3 4

Organisation	Group	Industry	Region

Eppendorf AG	Eppendorf (Group)	laboratory equipment and instruments	Germany

EBF – European Biotechnology Foundation gGmbH	Biocom (Group)	biotechnology	Germany

Serologicals Corporation (Nasdaq: SERO)	Merck (D) (Group)	reagents	United States

* Only companies displayed that are of interest here, the remaing 363 companies have been ommitted.

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Don’t need to search, with [gs] the information will show up itself!

One of the best things about [gs] is that you don’t even have to look for the information, it simply will show up in the context of information you are already accessing!

This might be a product of Eppendorf, it might be a management change at the EBF or it may be the organisation details view for Serologicals Corporation.

The business group, a company belongs to, is always displayed!

It might be a [gs] details view for an Eppendorf thermal cycler:

Product › Details

Mastercycler® pro

Cat. #: 6321 000.515

Web link http://www.eppendorf.com/int/index.php?sitemap=2.3&pb=8bbe1 [...]

	Next higher product group	standard gradient thermocycler
	Status	2008-08-12 sales start
	Price	EUR 9,202 (price, list (incl. control panel) 2008-11-01)
	Document for price	Eppendorf AG. (2008). Produkte und Applikationen für das Labor. 2009 [Produktkatalog]. Hamburg.
	Organisation	Eppendorf AG
	Group	Eppendorf (Group)
	Source	Eppendorf AG. (8/12/08). "Press Release: Reduce Evaporation to Improve PCR Results".

It may be a management change at the European Biotechnology Foundation:

Employment/Membership › Details

European Biotechnology Foundation–Mietzsch A: management, 201003– Managing Director main org Biocom AG

	Period	2010-03-17
	Region	Europe
	Predecessor	European Biotechnology Foundation–Mietzsch A: management, –200812–201003 Secretary General with Einzelprokura main org Biocom AG
	Organisation	EBF – European Biotechnology Foundation gGmbH
	Group	Biocom (Group)
	Organisation 2	Biocom AG
	Group	Biocom (Group)
	Product	BIOTECH
	Product 2	publishing
	Index term	Managing Director
	Index term 2	lobbying
	Person	Mietzsch, Andreas (Biocom 201007 CEO)

Or it may be the [gs] details view of the organisation itself:

Organisation › Details

Serologicals Corporation (Nasdaq: SERO)

http://www.serologicals.com

	Start	1971-01-01 established
	End	2006-07-17 acquired
	Group	Merck (D) (Group)
	Today	EMD Millipore
	Industry	BLOOD PRODUCTS

	Country	United States (USA)
	City	30092 Norcross, GA

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To improve on the hook of one of our peers, I am tempted to say:

[gs] – because real business intelligence is easy to find!

Thanks for reading, back in two weeks!

Kind regards
Marcus Lippold

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Marcus Lippold
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