ABI News Applied Biosystems to Webcast Presentations at Two March Healthcare Conferences
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, will webcast its presentations at two upcoming financial conferences. Kim Caple, Senior Director and General Manager of the Applied Biosystems Genetic Analysis Business, will present at the Cowen & Co. 27th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 1:45 pm ET. Peter Dworkin, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications of Applera Corporation, will present at the Lehman Brothers Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. ET. Both presentations will include an update on the Applied Biosystems’ business with a focus on the Group's growth strategy.
Interested parties may access the live webcasts and replays by visiting the Investors section of the Applied Biosystems web site at http://ir.appliedbiosystems.com or the Investors & Media section of the Applera web site at www.applera.com. It is suggested that listeners access the webcasts 15 minutes before they are scheduled to begin. The webcast replays will be archived on the Presentations page of the Investors section of each website.
About Applera Corporation and Applied Biosystems
Applera Corporation consists of two operating groups. The Applied Biosystems Group serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services. Customers use these tools to analyze nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), small molecules, and proteins to make scientific discoveries and develop new pharmaceuticals. Applied Biosystems’ products also serve the needs of some markets outside of life science research, which we refer to as “applied markets,” such as the fields of: human identity testing (forensic and paternity testing); biosecurity, which refers to products needed in response to the threat of biological terrorism and other malicious, accidental, and natural biological dangers; and quality and safety testing, for example in food and the environment. Applied Biosystems is headquartered in Foster City, CA, and reported sales of $1.9 billion during fiscal 2006. The Celera Group is primarily a molecular diagnostics business that is using proprietary genomics and proteomics discovery platforms to identify and validate novel diagnostic markers, and is developing diagnostic products based on these markers as well as other known markers. Celera maintains a strategic alliance with Abbott for the development and commercialization of molecular, or nucleic acid-based, diagnostic products, and it is also developing new diagnostic products outside of this alliance. Through its genomics and proteomics research efforts, Celera is also discovering and validating therapeutic targets, and it is seeking strategic partnerships to develop therapeutic products based on these discovered targets. Information about Applera Corporation, including reports and other information filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available at http://www.applera.com, or by telephoning 800.762.6923. Information about Applied Biosystems is available at http://www.appliedbiosystems.com.
