Analytik Jena adds microarrays to bioinstrumentation business.Jena and Itzehoe, Germany 11/6/07 -- Analytik Jena AG has announced that it acquired a 70% share in eBiochip Systems GmbH for an undisclosed amount in October. EBiochip produces electronic biochips for research and diagnostics. "We believe this technology to be an interesting and competitive alternative to other systems available on the market in the growth sector of protein analytics and molecular diagnostics. We welcome the fact that the development of eBiochip systems is already well advanced and that marketing can begin soon," stated Klaus Berka, chairman of the Analytik Jena's Executive Board. The company's remaining shares are held by its founder Dr. Rainer Hintsche. The Company has been renamed AJ eBiochip GmbH. Developed in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute of Silicon Technology, Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. and Infineon Technologies For the raceway, see . Infineon Technologies AG (ISIN: DE0006231004, FWB: IFX, NYSE: IFX) was founded in April 1999 when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. AG, eBiochip's microarray employs ELISA ELISA (e-li´sah) Enzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay; any enzyme immunoassay using an enzyme-labeled immunoreactant and an immunosorbent. ELISA n. and produces an electric signal that is measured directly on the chip. It can be used to detect DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. , RNA RNA: see nucleic acid. RNA in full ribonucleic acid One of the two main types of nucleic acid (the other being DNA), which functions in cellular protein synthesis in all living cells and replaces DNA as the carrier of genetic , proteins and haptens. Analytik Jena cited the company's sample preparation chemistry as synergistic. |
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