Abcam
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| Public company | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Biotech, Life sciences |
| Founded | 1998 |
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Key people
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Alan Hirzel (CEO). Tony Kouzarides, David Cleevely, Jonathan Milner (Founders). |
| Products | Research antibodies, kits and assays for biological research |
| Revenue |
 £144.0m (2015) |
| Profit |
£49.6m (2015) |
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Number of employees
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> 820 (2015) |
| Website | www |
Abcam is a life-science e-commerce company which facilitates public customer feedback on products using reviews and ratings submitted by customers. This has given rise to the nickname "the Amazon of antibodies".
Since 2011, through acquisition, the company has moved into direct production of biotechnological products.
The company was founded in 1998 by Jonathan Milner with co-founders Professor Tony Kouzarides and David Cleevely, with the idea of making it easier for research scientists to buy antibodies across the web. Milner was a postdoctoral researcher studying the newly discovered breast cancer protein BRCA2 in Kouzarides' Cambridge University laboratory. The project had slowed because of problems finding quality antibody reagents that had honest and up-to-date information about their uses and limitations. This scenario provided the motivation to form an on-line service that would help themselves and researchers across the globe.
Since its inception in 1998, the company has diversified from carrying only antibodies. It supplies antibody related products such as immunoassays (e.g. SimpleStep ELISA Kits), peptides, proteins and protein detection products (e.g. immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining kits). Abcam also has a portfolio of non-antibody related products such as biochemicals, cellular assays, and epigenetics kits (e.g. Firefly Multiplex miRNA Kits).
Abcam is listed on the .
In May 2011, Abcam announced the acquisition of MitoSciences, a privately held biotech company based in Eugene, Oregon (US). The company produced and distributed immunoassay platforms and high performance monoclonal antibodies. It was founded in 2004 with the mission of advancing mitochondrial research and developing products that support critical research in cancer, neurodegeneration, and metabolic disorders.
On 12 September 2011, Abcam completed the purchase of Ascent Scientific. Ascent Scientific was a company based in Bristol, United Kingdom that provided high-quality biochemical products that modulate the function of proteins for use in life science research.
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