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Biotage AB, formerly Pyrosequencing AB, is a Sweden-based company active within the biotechnology sector. The Company provides solutions in the areas of medicinal and analytical chemistry, process development and genetic analysis. Its business activities are divided into two segments: Discovery Chemistry and Biosystems. The Discovery Chemistry area supplies systems and consumables within pharmaceutical chemistry, including such areas as synthesis, work-up, purification and evaporation. Its solutions are marketed under the brand names of Initiator, Advancer, ISOLUTE, EVOLUTE, Isolera, FlashMaster and others. The Biosystems area offers systems for genetic analysis, mainly for the use in clinical research. It focuses its operations on two application areas: infectious disease and cancer research. The Biosystems’ activities are based on the Pyrosequencing technology, in which a sample’s deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequences are read in real time with the help of sequencing by synthesis.