EnzymaticsisaleADIngproducerofreagents,kits,andassaysthatenableourcustomersworldwidetotransformpatientdiagnosis,treatment,andlifescienceresearch.Ourbusinessunitsinclude:Reagents,SupplyChainSolutions,AppliedScience.

Ourpassionforquality,responsiveness,andflexibilityiscatalyzingthegenomichealthcarerevolution.
Enzymatics:CatalyzingtheGenomicsHealthcareRevolution
TheEnzymaticsstorystartsin2005whenStevePiconeandChrisBenoitwereproductionscientistsatamajormolecularBIOLOGyreagentscompany.Theyrealizedthattherewasanemergingneedinthemarketforlargequantitiesofultra-highpurityenzymesproducedconsistently,underarigorousqualitysystem,andofferedforsaleataverylowpricepoint.Thetechnologydrivingthesedemandswashigh-throughputDNAsequencing,whichutilizesenzymestotranslateaDNAsequenceintosearchabledata.Atthattime,sequencingwashardlyhigh-throughputasitcostover$10Mandtookmonthstodecodethesequenceofasinglehumangenome.SteveandChrisrecognizedthepotentialofDNAsequencingtorevolutionizemedicine,andconcludedthattheycoulduniquelymeetthisnewsetofrequirementsanddrivedownthecostofsequencing.TheystartedEnzymaticswiththeexpresspurposeofeliminatingthecostofsequencingasabarriertoadoptionintheclinicalsetting.Theplantoachievethiswastofocusonhighquality,well-controlledproduction,thedevelopmentofaclinically-alignedqualitysystem,treatingeverycustomerasapartner,andredefiningthewaybywhichreagentsarepriced.
SignificantReductioninCostofSequencing
AtEnzymatics,westrivetoconstantlychallengethestatusquo.IfwelookatarecentanalysisdonebytheNationalInstitutesofHealthontheaveragepricetosequenceahumangenomeovertime,itisclearthatin2007,thecostofsequencingbegantodropprecipitously.AlthoughthefactorsresponsIBLeforthisaccelerationtowardsaffordablesequencingarenumerous,Enzymaticswaspartofthattransformation.Infact,theheadofourscientificadvisoryboard,Dr.GeorgeChurch,athoughtleaderinsequencing,hasnotedthatEnzymaticshas,indeed,beenapowerfulcatalystinthedemocratizationofsequencing.
ANewErainHealthcare
Asaresultofthismassiveandcontinualreductioninthecostofsequencing,anentirelynewindustryhasemergedthatisleveragingthepowerofgeneticinformationtodiagnoseandtreathumandisease.Enzymaticshasbeenanenablingfactorinthebirthofthisnewsegmentofnucleicacid-baseddiagnostics,andweremainpassionatelycommittedtosupportingthecompanieswhosegenomictechnologieswillrevolutionizepersonalizedhealthcare.
CatalyzingtheGenomicHealthcareRevolution
In2006,whenEnzymaticsstarted,theconceptwastoenable“better,faster,cheaper”sequencingbyfocusingonthedesignandproductionoftheworld’sbestmolecularbiologyenzymes.Todayourproductsunderpinover80%ofthesequencingreactionsthatarerunaroundtheglobe,andwestilldobusinesswithnotonlyourveryfirstcustomer,butnearlyeveryothercompanywithwhomwe’vepartnered.