Winners of 2004 Life Science Industry Awards
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 200 life science executives
gathered Monday night at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel for the Life
Science Industry Awards, which were presented by Ira Flatow, host and Executive
Producer of National Public Radio's Science Friday.
Developed by The Scientist, along with leading market research firm
BioInformatics, LLC (http://www.gene2drug.com/), these prestigious awards are
determined by the industry's own customers -- scientists. More than 3,000
scientists voted for those companies whose innovative products have simplified
their lives and sped the pace of their research in the past year.
Although more than 600 life science companies were named by scientists across
all 18 categories, the winners taking home awards this year included: -- Cell Biology Kits and Reagents: Invitrogen (NASDAQ:IVGN)
-- Cell Biology Instrumentation: BD Biosciences (NYSE:BDX)
-- Cell Culture Media, Equipment and Reagents: Invitrogen
-- Expression Analysis Products: Invitrogen
-- High Throughput Screening and Analysis Systems: Applied Biosystems
(NYSE:ABI)
-- Image Analysis Systems: Bio-Rad (AMEX:BIO) and Carl Zeiss (tie)
-- Instrumentation for Genomic Analysis: Applied Biosystems
-- Instrumentation for Protein Analysis: Bio-Rad
-- Nucleic Acid Purification and Analysis Products: Qiagen
(NASDAQ:QGENF)
-- Protein Purification and Analysis Products: Amersham/GE Healthcare
(NYSE:GE)
-- RNAi Products: Ambion
-- Software: Accelrys (NASDAQ:ACCL)
-- Print Catalog: New England Biolabs
-- Print Advertisement: Invitrogen
-- Customer Service: Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ:SIAL)
-- Technical Support: Invitrogen
-- Sales Representatives: Invitrogen
-- Web Site: Invitrogen "Our company was founded on the simple premise that by facilitating better
communication between life science suppliers and scientists, we create a win-
win situation for all involved," said Bill Kelly, President of BioInformatics,
LLC, the firm that conducted the survey. "The scientists who participated in
the voting, and the larger market they represent, know their suppliers make an
important contribution to the advancement of science. These awards publicly
recognize these contributions and set the standard for other companies that
aspire to be 'best-in-class'." For more information about the awards, please visit http://www.gene2drug.com/,
or contact Kylie Harvey at or 703.778.3080 x14.
ABOUT BIOINFORMATICS, LLC BioInformatics, LLC (http://www.gene2drug.com/) is a market research firm that
supports marketing, sales and R&D executives in the life science industry
through published reports, custom research and consulting. BioInformatics
sponsors the world's largest market research panel of scientific customers --
The Science Advisory Board (http://www.scienceboard.net/) -- which consists of
nearly 23,000 life science and medical professionals who participate in surveys
that address emerging technologies, test customer reactions to new product
concepts, measure brand awareness and assess advertising effectiveness.
For more information, please contact: Alyssa Martin
Marketing Communications Manager
BioInformatics, LLC
703.778.3080 x12
http://www.gene2drug.com/ Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listed expert(s), click
appropriate link. William T. Kelly
http://www.profnet.com/ud_public.jsp?userid=499193 DATASOURCE: BioInformatics, LLC CONTACT: Alyssa Martin, Marketing Communications Manager of BioInformatics, LLC, +1-703-778-3080 x12, Web site: http://www.gene2drug.com/
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