Life Technologies
| Company type | Retired Brand Name |
|---|---|
| Industry | Life Science/Biotechnology |
| Predecessor | Invitrogen Applied Biosystems |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Fate | Acquired by Thermo Fisher |
| Headquarters | Carlsbad, California , U.S. |
| Parent | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| Website | www.lifetechnologies.com |
Life Technologies Corporation was a biotech company founded in November 2008 through a US $6.7 billion merger of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc. The joint sales of the combined companies were about $3.5 billion; they had about 9,500 employees and owned more than 3,600 licenses and patents.