• Agilent Technologies is an American manufacturer of control & measuring, electronic medical and chemical analysis equipment.
  • Most of the company's product lines were developed at Hewlett-Packard, an American company founded in 1939. In 1999, the company’s divisions that are not directly related to computing, printing and imaging businesses spun off to create an independent measurement company – Agilent Technologies.
  • Since then, the company has won hundreds of innovation awards and earned even more patents for inventions.
  • In 2011, Agilent announced the expansion of its life sciences business through the acquisition of Halo Genomics, a privately held Uppsala, Sweden-based company, involved in the development of next-generation sequencing technologies.
  • In 2012, Agilent Technologies acquired DAKO, a Danish cancer diagnostics company, in order to expand its presence in the biotechnology industry; in 2016, Agilent Technologies acquired Multiplicom N.V., a leading European diagnostics company with state-of-the-art genetic testing technology and products.
  • Agilent's main product lines include: products for diagnostics and genomics, for immunohistochemical studies, for studying of hybridization in tissues, staining with hematoxylin and eosin, special staining methods, detecting DNA mutations, genotyping, determination of the number of gene copies, determination of chromosomal rearrangements and DNA methylation and quantitative analysis of gene expression, as well as automated gel electrophoresis-based sample analysis systems.
  • Agilent Technologies is headquartered in California (USA). The company has more than 47,000 employees worldwide working in 40 countries. The manufacturer's assortment includes more than 7,000 products that are sold in 120 countries around the world.
  • The company also includes Research Laboratories of Agilent Technologies (Agilent Labs), located in Palo Alto, California. These laboratories are one of the world's leading research centers. Agilent Technologies Labs conduct research in the fields of electronics, chemical analysis, biotechnology, electronic and optical materials and components, as well as measuring systems and integrated solutions.
  • Since 2015, VizaMed Plus LLP has been cooperating with Agilent Technologies in the field of molecular diagnostics.