In February of 2003 Chemicon International Inc was acquired by Serologicals Corporation. Chemicon International Inc supplies immunological reagents to the Biotechnology market. Chemicon also is in the business of immunodiagnostics focusing on antigen detection infectious disease kits by distributing Light Diagnostic kits and reagents. Chemicon has launched its first molecular biology kit, the universal amplicon detection kit, designed to be the first of a line of molecular oriented products