Innovation is a key contributor to our ability to accelerate access to health for people everywhere. Our business is research-driven and innovation-focused. In 2016, we invested €260 million in R&D that supported our innovation in launching 2,100 products – products designed to meet our customers' most unmet needs – from antibodies to water purification systems.

The ability to innovate is the core of our culture across all three of our businesses.

Research Solutions

We help our customers in research solutions better understand biological function and disease through a portfolio of ~250,000 products and services – including inhibitors and biochemical, antibodies, multiplexed assay kits, instruments and software, and lab productivity chemicals.

Process Solutions

Our pharma and biotech customers look for expertise and products to improve every step of the manufacturing process. With some ~15,000 products and services – including single-use manufacturing, filtration, chromatography and purification, virus reduction, pharma and bio-pharma raw materials, drug delivery compounds, and engineering and validation services – we support our customers with our teams of technical experts and one of the most complete portfolios in the industry.

Applied Solutions

We support our customers in ensuring that drugs, food and beverages are safe for consumption by providing analytical tools for quality testing. Some of our ~62,000 products and services include lab water instruments, consumables and services, microbiology and bio-monitoring, test assays, analytical reagents and flow cytometry kits and instruments.