Invitrogen And IDEXX Collaborate To Supply Advanced Technologies For Drinking Water Safety Testing

Carlsbad, CA — Invitrogen Corporation, a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative products and services for veterinary, food and water applications, have entered into a strategic collaboration for the distribution and development of new products for the water testing industry.

IDEXX is a global provider of water testing solutions that deliver easy, rapid, accurate and cost-effective information on water quality. Under the terms of this agreement, IDEXX will be responsible for distribution and marketing of water testing kits that utilize Invitrogen's broad portfolio of technologies, including Invitrogen's Dynabeads(R) GC-Combo, which will be used for the selective enrichment of Giardia and Cryptosporidium directly from water sample concentrates.

"By partnering with IDEXX we are creating a more complete workflow solution and product offering with unmatched quality for our customers," said Paul Kinnon, Vice President and General Manager of Invitrogen's Applied Markets business unit. "This continues our strategy to diversify into applied markets, leveraging our broad portfolio of innovative technologies. It is our intention to continue to create enhanced technologies to better serve this and other markets."

"We are very excited to incorporate these complementary products into our water testing portfolio," said Dana Belisle, Director and General Manager of IDEXX Water. "Invitrogen's technologies in combination with IDEXX's Filta-Max(R) and Filta-Max xpress(TM) systems enable us to provide our customers with a comprehensive range of products to support the entire water testing process."

IDEXX entered the water testing market in 1993 with Colilert(R), their popular coliform and E. coli water test. Colilert is now one of the most highly used testing methods for coliforms and E. coli in the world.

Invitrogen recently launched the Cryptosporidium Genotyping Kit for microorganism isolation from water. The product encompasses multiple Invitrogen technologies to allow for the isolation, concentration and detection of pathogens. The kit is one of the first genotyping tests designed specifically for the drinking water market.

SOURCE: Invitrogen Corporation