| Millipore Corporation (Millipore) is a life science company that provides products, services and solutions. The Company's academic, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical customers use its consumable products and services in laboratory applications and in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Millipore is organized into two operating divisions: Bioscience Division and Bioprocess Division. The Company's Bioscience Division focuses on the drug discovery market and provides products and services that help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies discover, evaluate, and prioritize potential drugs before moving them into clinical development. Its Bioprocess Division helps biopharmaceutical companies develop the processes used to manufacture drugs for clinical development and the processes to manufacture the drugs at commercial scale once the drugs receive regulatory approval. |