US group Agilent enters EPFL Innovation Park by acquiring Genohm

Genohm SA, which develops laboratory management solutions, will be bought by Agilent Technologies, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The startup's workforce - 20 employees and growing - will remain in the Lausanne region. Genohm's leading product is SLIMS, a digital platform that facilitates laboratory management through a customizable interface and cloud data storage. The company was created in Belgium in 2002 and then re-founded at EPFL Innovation Park in 2011 as a startup. Genohm caught the attention of Agilent Technologies Inc., a US-based life sciences group that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and has 14,200 employees worldwide. Agilent announced today that it would acquire Genohm for an undisclosed amount. "With this acquisition, and Agilent's intention to maintain or even expand the Lausanne-based workforce, we have managed to bring a major player in life sciences and biotechnology to the EPFL campus," says Frederik Decouttere, co-founder and CEO of Genohm.