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Life
Science
G ro up Sales
(Millio ns of yen)
6 2 ,6 3 0
66,942
7 1 ,7 3 9
20,027
19,061
1 9 ,5 0 2
4 2 ,6 0 3
47,881
5 2 ,2 3 7
0 2 0 3 0 4
O verseas sales
Domestic sales
O LYMPUS 2 0 0 4 1 9
FV1 000
CO N FO CAL LASER
SCAN N IN G
M ICRO SCO PE
The FV1 00 0 provides
high sensitivity, speed,
and resolutio n optimal
for co nfocal imaging
o f live cells.
M F20 M O LECULE
FLUO RO M ETRIC
AN ALYSIS SYSTEM
The MF2 0 features
high-speed analysis o f
the mutual interac tio n
o f live cells by using a
new method o f mo le-
cule fluorometric
analysis.
Biological M icroscopes
>Sales o f biolog ical microsco pes increased 2 .6 % to ¥33,860 mil-
lio n (US$ 3 0 8 million).
The o perating enviro nment in Japan is beco ming more complex
as natio nal universities and institutes are being turned into into
independent administrative organizations. Domestic sales o f bio -
lo g ical micro sco pes were o n par with the previo us fiscal year,
o wing to the intro ductio n of new laser micro sco pes and firm
demand for inverted micro sco pes and micro sco pe digital cam-
eras. O verseas, sales of laser micro sco pes increased fo r research
labo rato ries in the United States, and sales were favo rable fo r
o ur training microsco pes in mainly China and Taiwan. As a
result, overall sales of bio lo g ical micro sco pes expanded.
O lympus is develo ping analytical services for genomic info r-
matio n with single-molecule fluorescence detectio n systems and
DNA micro array (PAM) systems. W e plan on initiating consigned
analysis services for o ur DN A co mputer, the first such service
develo ped in the wo rld, during the fiscal year ending March 3 1 ,
2 0 0 5 . W e expect o ur inspectio n equipment and these services to
co ntribute to the further develo pment o f medical technolo gy in the
areas of drug disco very and mo lecular diagnosis for personal-
ized medicines.
Diagnostic Systems
>Sales o f diag nostic systems grew 1 0 .7 % year o n year to
¥3 7 ,4 0 9 million (US$ 3 4 0 million).
In Japan, sales o f large-scale inspection equipment struggled,
due to a sluggish market caused by health care system reforms. In
Euro pe, o ur systems business pro viding customer solutions made
significant pro gress, and we enjo yed go o d sales in the United
States and China as well. As a result, overall sales of diagnostic
systems increased.
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