Millipore Corporation (Millipore) is a life science company. The Company provides products and services that help its academic, biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers advance their research, development and production. Its products and services help customers increase their speed and improve their consistency while saving costs in laboratory applications and in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Its products help biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies manufacture therapeutics, particularly biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and vaccines. Millipore’s products ensure the purity and safety of biologic drugs by removing contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria and by providing tests. The Company acquired Guava Technologies on February 20, 2009. In August 2009, the Company acquired BioAnaLab, a European-based services provider that specializes in the analysis of biologic drugs and vaccines.