Incyte Genomics Inc., American Home Products, PerkinElmer, Sequenom deal

INCY licensed to AHP U.S. Patents Nos. 5,716,785 and 5,891,636 and related patents covering a non-PCR-based RNA amplification technology. AHP will use the technology to develop gene expression data using GeneChip microarrays from Affymetrix Inc. (AFFX, Santa Clara, Calif.).

Separately, PKI’s NEN Life Science Products Inc. (Boston, Mass.) subsidiary gained access to cDNA clones from INCY’s LifeSeq Gold database to use in developing human genome microarrays. INCY will receive royalties. ...