Danaher Life Science

Name

Danaher Life Science

Legal name

DH Life Sciences, LLC

Website

https://lifesciences.danaher.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Sciences Instrumentation and Drug Discovery Solutions

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Software Publishers (5132), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Mass Spectrometry & Spectroscopy Instruments (HLAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments (HLAGAIAE), Scientific Data Management & Data Platforms (SDMS/Data Lakehouse for R&D) (HLAGAJAC), AI/ML Platforms for Drug Discovery & Experiment Optimization (HLAGAJAO)

Keywords

• Mass spectrometry instruments
• Capillary electrophoresis systems
• Laboratory informatics software
• Cell culture automation
• Biopharmaceutical workflow solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Instruments and Systems: Sale of analytical instruments including mass spectrometers, capillary electrophoresis systems, microscopes, flow cytometers, high-content screening systems, and plate readers. These are high-value capital equipment sold to biopharma, research institutions, and CDMOs.
2. Software Solutions: Enterprise software platforms including IDBS Polar (ELN/LES/LIMS), Genedata Biopharma Platform, and IDBS PIMS for data management across the biopharmaceutical lifecycle.
3. Reagents, Consumables, and Columns: Chromatography columns (Biozen, Kinetex, Luna), SPE products, capillary electrophoresis kits, and assay reagents for analytical workflows.
4. Professional Services and Support: Technical consultation, workflow optimization services, training, and implementation support delivered through Solution Architects and expert teams.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Danaher Life Sciences manufactures and sells an integrated portfolio of laboratory instruments, software, and consumables for drug discovery and development. The offering spans mass spectrometry systems (SCIEX ZenoTOF), capillary electrophoresis (BioPhase 8800), automated cell culture (CellXpress.ai), high-content imaging (ImageXpress HCS.ai), microscopy (Leica Mica), chromatography columns (Phenomenex Biozen, Kinetex), and enterprise lab informatics software (IDBS Polar, Genedata Biopharma Platform, IDBS PIMS). These are sold primarily as capital equipment, consumables, and software subscriptions to biopharmaceutical companies, CDMOs, and research institutions.

Product overview

Danaher Life Sciences is a group of companies under Danaher Corporation providing integrated solutions across the drug discovery and development workflow. The portfolio includes mass spectrometry systems (SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600, ZenoTOF 7600+, Intabio ZT), capillary electrophoresis (BioPhase 8800), laboratory informatics software (IDBS Polar, IDBS PIMS, Genedata Biopharma Platform), automated cell culture (CellXpress.ai), high-content imaging (ImageXpress HCS.ai), microscopy (Leica microscopes including Mica and Ivesta 3), chromatography columns (Phenomenex Biozen, Strata SPE, Kinetex), and life sciences reagents (abcam antibodies, IDT genomic solutions, Beckman Coulter instruments, Aldevron biologics CDMO). These products integrate through workflow solutions spanning automation, analytical instrumentation, and digital platforms for cell therapy, gene therapy, mRNA development, small molecule drug discovery, and organoid development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IDBS Polar: Enterprise lab informatics software platform with ELN, LES and LIMS capabilities for scientific innovation
• BioPhase 8800
• ZenoTOF 7600
• Intabio ZT System
• ImageXpress HCS.ai
• CellXpress.ai
• Biozen LC Columns
• Mica
• Ivesta 3
• Enersight

Products and services

• SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 System High-resolution mass spectrometry system delivering sensitivity with EAD fragmentation and Zeno trap-enabled workflows for quantitative measurements and biological research, targeted at biopharma and research laboratories.
• SCIEX ZenoTOF 7600+ System Zeno trap-enabled QTOF mass spectrometer for quantitative measurements of biologics, designed for biopharma analytical and research applications.
• Intabio ZT System Comprehensive charge variant analysis system coupling icIEF separation and UV detection with high resolution mass spectrometry on the ZenoTOF 7600 platform for biotherapeutic characterization.
• BioPhase 8800 Capillary Electrophoresis System Multi-capillary electrophoresis system with 8 parallel capillaries supporting UV, native fluorescence, and LIF detection for purity, heterogeneity, and characterization analysis of biotherapeutics, proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids.
• IDBS Polar Enterprise lab informatics software platform with ELN, LES, and LIMS capabilities that powers scientific innovation and accelerates insights throughout the biopharmaceutical lifecycle.
• IDBS PIMS 21 CFR Part-11 compliant cloud-native Process Information Management System that creates a contextualized data backbone of critical manufacturing process and quality data for biopharma manufacturing.
• CellXpress.ai Automated Cell Culture System AI-driven automated cell culture system backed by machine learning and data-driven science that automates the entire cell culture process to improve workflow reliability and reproducibility for monolayer and 3D organoid cultures.
• ImageXpress HCS.ai High-Content Screening System High-content screening system with AI-driven IN Carta image analysis software for 2D and 3D assays with modular design and automated workflow integration for drug discovery research.
• QPix Microbial Colony Pickers Automated microbial screening system capable of picking up to 3000 colonies per hour for high-throughput microbial screening applications.
• Mica Microhub Digital microscope uniting widefield and confocal imaging in a sample-protecting, incubating environment with AI-supported analysis for fluorescence imaging workflows.
• Leica DM6 FS Fluorescence Microscope Fixed stage fluorescence microscope with outstanding stability suitable for electrophysiology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience applications.
• Ivesta 3 Greenough Stereo Microscopes Stereo microscope with FusionOptics technology uniting high resolution and large depth of field, featuring 9:1 zoom range and up to 55x magnification for inspection and rework applications.
• Phenomenex Strata SPE Products Solid phase extraction products providing optimal quality, reproducibility, and performance for clean extracts and high recoveries across diverse sample matrices.
• Biozen Biologics LC Columns UHPLC/HPLC columns with titanium BioTi biocompatible hardware, four particle platforms and nine particle chemistries for biologics analysis, reducing non-specific adsorption by more than 80%.
• Kinetex Core-Shell Technology Columns Core-shell technology columns delivering improvements in efficiency over conventional fully porous media for increased resolution, improved productivity, and reduced solvent consumption in HPLC and UHPLC applications.
• Genedata Biopharma Platform Enterprise software solutions that digitalize and automate data-rich and complex biopharma R&D processes across the therapeutic development lifecycle.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improve drug candidate success rates by 25%
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship.

• Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 January 2024Danaher Corporation partnered with the Innovative Genomics Institute, led by Dr. Jennifer Doudna, to develop a scalable platform for CRISPR-mediated gene editing. This collaboration aims to address rare and other genetic diseases affecting underserved patient communities. Danaher provides tools, reagents, technical and manufacturing support for transformative gene-editing efforts. This is known as the Danaher-IGI Beacon for CRISPR Cures.
• University of Pennsylvania - Center for Cellular ImmunotherapiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 March 2023Danaher partnered with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, led by CAR-T pioneer Dr. Carl June. This partnership aims to develop advanced technologies to improve consistency of clinical outcomes and overcome manufacturing bottlenecks in next-generation engineered cell therapies like Autologous CAR-T. This is known as the Danaher-University of Pennsylvania Beacon for Cell Therapy Innovation.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Agilent Technologies: Major analytical instrument peer. Competes head-to-head with SCIEX, Phenomenex, and Molecular Devices in mass spectrometry, chromatography columns, and cell analysis, and offers adjacent lab informatics and diagnostics workflows.
• QIAGEN: Sample technologies and molecular diagnostics peer. Competes with IDT, SCIEX, and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences in nucleic acid sample prep, PCR/NGS workflows, and bioinformatics used in pharma and academic research.
• Waters Corporation: Direct competitor in liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry (Xevo QTof, Cyclic IMS), and informatics (Empower, waters_connect). Overlaps with SCIEX, Phenomenex, and IDBS offerings in regulated biopharma analytical workflows.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Life science research and clinical diagnostics peer. Competes with Biozen/Kinetex consumables, Molecular Devices imaging, and Beckman Coulter flow cytometry in protein biology, genomics, and cell analysis workflows.
• Sartorius AG: Bioprocessing and lab tools peer. Overlaps with Molecular Devices, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, and Aldevron across cell line development, bioprocess analytics, and biologics manufacturing services.
• Bruker Corporation: Direct competitor in high-resolution mass spectrometry (timsTOF), nuclear magnetic resonance, and molecular spectroscopy. Competes with SCIEX in proteomics and biopharma characterization and with Bruker BioSpin in adjacent research markets.
• Revvity (formerly PerkinElmer): Life sciences and diagnostics peer. Competes with IDT, abcam, and Molecular Devices in reagents, genomics, and high-content imaging, with adjacent software and analytics offerings.
• Shimadzu Corporation: Global analytical instrument peer competing in LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, HPLC, and spectroscopy. Overlaps with SCIEX, Phenomenex, and other Danaher brands across pharmaceutical, environmental, and food safety workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Largest diversified life sciences tools and services company. Directly competes with Danaher Life Sciences across mass spectrometry, chromatography, microscopy, bioproduction, and clinical/research instrumentation, with broader reach into diagnostics and pharma services.
• Mettler-Toledo International: Precision instruments incumbent. Overlaps with Danaher in laboratory balances, pH, titration, and automated liquid handling used in biopharma QC and discovery labs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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