David A. Burns

Cyntellect, Inc. develops life science technologies. Its products supported key applications to advance life science research, biopharmaceutical production, and stem cell research and drug discovery. The company was founded by Paul R. Billings, Manfred R. Koller and Bernhard O. Palsson in 1997 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of GE Aerospace, GE UK Group is an investment holding company. GE UK Group is based in Altrincham, UK. The British company was founded in 2008. The CEO is Kevin Michael O'Neill.

Cellectricon AB provides cell-based screening services to accelerate drug discovery. The firm develops and validates exciting central nervous system and peripheral pain assays using primary cells, accelerating the path from assay validation to compound screening. Its system is equipped with an imaging-based microplate reader to simultaneously record transient fluorescence and luminescence signals, providing real-time monitoring and readouts of cell culture response. The company was founded by Jan Owe Owesson Orwar, Daniel T. Chiu and Stig Anders Jakob Lindberg in 1999 and is headquartered in Molndal, Sweden.

Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd. provides diagnostic services to detect infectious diseases. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Part of Revvity, Inc., PerkinElmer BioSignal, Inc. develops and markets cloned drug targets as drug screening reagents. The company is based in Montréal, Canada.

On July 13, 2001, the company entered into a merger agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc. Pursuant to the merger agreement, the company will become a subsidiary of PerkinElmer and each outstanding share of the company's common stock will be converted into 0.311 of a share of PerkinElmer common stock