Amersham plc

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Amersham plc was a UK pharmaceutical company, specializing in medical diagnostics and life science products.

The company was formed in 1997 by merging Amersham International (U.K.), Pharmacia Biotech (Sweden) and Nycomed (Norway).

In 2004, Amersham plc was acquired by the American firm General Electric (GE) and incorporated into the GE Healthcare business segment. Amersham plc's former business segments have become two business segments of GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics and GE Healthcare Life Sciences, respectively.

The global headquarters of GE Healthcare is situated in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, and, as such, is the first GE business unit headquarters to be situated outside the United States.


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