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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 2 &amp;#8212; Business Combinations&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The acquisitions described below were accounted for as business combinations and, accordingly,
   the Company has included the results of operations of the acquired entities in its consolidated
   statements of income from the date of acquisition. Neither separate financial statements nor pro
   forma results of operations have been presented because the acquisitions did not meet the
   quantitative materiality tests under Regulation&amp;#160;S-X.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acquisition of Tepnel Life Sciences plc&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In April&amp;#160;2009, the Company acquired Tepnel, a UK-based international life sciences products
   and services company, now known as Gen-Probe Life Sciences Ltd., which has two principal
   businesses, molecular diagnostics and research products and services. As a result of the
   acquisition, Tepnel became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Upon consummation of the acquisition, each issued ordinary share of Tepnel was cancelled and
   converted into the right to receive 27.1 pence in cash, or approximately $0.40 based on the then
   applicable Great Britain Pound (&amp;#8220;GBP&amp;#8221;) to United States Dollar (&amp;#8220;USD&amp;#8221;) exchange rate. In connection
   with the acquisition, the holders of issued and outstanding Tepnel capital stock, options and
   warrants received total net cash of approximately &amp;#163;92.8&amp;#160;million, or
   approximately $137.1&amp;#160;million based on the then applicable GBP to USD exchange rate. The
   acquisition was financed through amounts borrowed by the Company under a senior secured revolving
   credit facility established between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. (&amp;#8220;Bank of America&amp;#8221;).
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The final allocation of the purchase price for the acquisition of Tepnel is as follows (in
   thousands):
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       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;11,352&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;70,395&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(14,148&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;57,497&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(3,382&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;136,525&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The fair values of the acquired identifiable intangible assets with definite lives are as
   follows (in thousands):
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       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;294&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;441&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;45,439&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;11,323&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;57,497&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The amortization periods for the acquired intangible assets with definite lives are as
   follows: 10&amp;#160;years for patents, 5&amp;#160;years for software, 12&amp;#160;years for customer relationships, and 20
   years for trademarks and trade names. The Company plans to amortize the acquired intangible assets
   set forth in the table above using the straight line method of amortization. The Company believes
   that the use of the straight line method is appropriate given the high customer retention rate of
   the acquired businesses and the historical and projected growth of revenues and related cash flows.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The Company will monitor and assess the acquired intangible assets and will adjust, if necessary,
   the expected life, amortization method or carrying value of such assets to best match the
   underlying economic value.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The fair value assigned to trademarks and trade names has been determined primarily by using
   the income approach and a variation of the income approach known as the relief from royalty method,
   which estimates the future royalties which would have to be paid to the owner of the brand for its
   current use. Tax is deducted and a discount rate is used to state future cash flows to a present
   value. This is based on the brand in its current use and is based on savings from owning the brand,
   or relief from royalties that would be paid to the brand owner. The fair value assigned to customer
   relationships has been determined primarily by using the income approach and a variation of the
   income approach known as the excess earnings method, which estimates the value of an asset based on
   discounted future earnings specifically attributed to that asset, that is, in excess of returns for
   other assets that contributed to those earnings. The fair value assigned to assembled workforce (a
   component of goodwill) and software has been determined primarily by using the cost approach and a
   variation of the cost approach known as the cost to recreate method, which represents the cost to
   recreate the workforce and software at the valuation date. The fair value assigned to patents has
   been determined primarily by using the income approach and a variation of the income approach known
   as the discounted cash flow method, which estimates the value based on the present value of the
   after-tax free cash flows attributable to owning the intangible asset. The discount rates used in
   these valuation methods range from 12 to 13&amp;#160;percent.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The estimated amortization expense for acquired intangible assets over future
   periods as of September 30, 2010 is as follows (in thousands):
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="center"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="88%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Years Ending December 31,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Remainder of 2010
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,017&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;2011
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,067&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;2012
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,067&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;2013
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,067&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;2014
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,067&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Thereafter
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;29,758&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;47,043&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
           &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acquisition of Prodesse, Inc.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In October&amp;#160;2009, the Company acquired Prodesse, a privately-held Wisconsin corporation, for
   approximately $60.0&amp;#160;million, subject to a designated pre-closing operating income adjustment. The
   Company may also be required to make additional cash payments to former Prodesse securityholders of
   up to an aggregate of $25.0&amp;#160;million based on the achievement of certain specified performance
   measures, of which $10.0&amp;#160;million was paid in July&amp;#160;2010. Further information regarding the
   contingent consideration can be found in Note 5 &amp;#8212; Fair Value Measurements. As a result of the
   acquisition, Prodesse (which is now known as Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.) became a wholly owned
   subsidiary of the Company. The Company financed the acquisition through existing cash on hand.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The purchase price allocation for the acquisition of Prodesse set forth below is preliminary
   and subject to change as more detailed analysis is completed and additional information with
   respect to the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired becomes available. The Company
   expects to finalize the purchase price allocation by the fourth quarter of 2010. The preliminary
   allocation of the purchase price for the Company&amp;#8217;s acquisition of Prodesse is as follows (in
   thousands):
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- Folio --&gt;
   &lt;!-- /Folio --&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- PAGEBREAK --&gt;
   &lt;div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"&gt;
   &lt;div align="center"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="88%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total purchase price
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;62,005&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net working capital
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;10,240&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Fixed assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;644&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Goodwill
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;32,981&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Deferred tax liabilities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(21,369&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other intangible assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;58,570&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Liabilities assumed
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(1,067&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Contingent consideration
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(17,994&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Allocated purchase price
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;62,005&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
           &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The fair values of the acquired identifiable intangible assets with definite lives are as
   follows (in thousands):
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="center"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="88%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;In-process research and development
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,070&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Developed technology
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;24,500&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Customer relationships
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;31,800&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Trademarks / trade names
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,200&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;58,570&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
           &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The amortization periods for the acquired intangible assets with definite lives are as
   follows: 15&amp;#160;years for in-process research and development (to commence upon commercialization of
   associated product), 12&amp;#160;years for developed technology, 12&amp;#160;years for customer relationships, and 20
   years for trademarks and trade names. The Company is amortizing the acquired intangible assets set
   forth in the table above using the straight line method of amortization. The Company will monitor
   and assess the acquired intangible assets and will adjust, if necessary, the expected life,
   amortization method or carrying value of such assets to best match the underlying economic value.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The fair value assigned to trademarks and trade names and developed technology has been
   determined primarily by using the income approach and a variation of the income approach known as
   the relief from royalty method, which estimates the future royalties which would have to be paid to
   the owner of the brand for its current use. Tax is deducted and a discount rate is used to state
   future cash flows to a present value. This is based on the brand in its current use and is based on
   savings from owning the brand, or relief from royalties that would be paid to the brand owner. The
   fair value assigned to in-process research and development and customer relationships has been
   determined primarily by using the income approach and a variation of the income approach known as
   the excess earnings method, which estimates the value of an asset based on discounted future
   earnings specifically attributed to that asset, that is, in excess of returns for other assets that
   contributed to those earnings. The discount rates used in these valuation methods range from 25 to
   30&amp;#160;percent.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In addition to acquiring Prodesse&amp;#8217;s existing products, the Company also acquired other
   products that can be classified as next generation products, which are in the process of being
   developed. Overall, a value of approximately $1.1&amp;#160;million was classified as in-process research and
   development for the products under development. The
   Company has incurred a total of approximately $1.6&amp;#160;million in research and development
   expenses since the acquisition of Prodesse, which includes these development activities related to
   next generation products. The Company anticipates revenues will be generated from these products
   starting in late 2010. The Company will commence amortizing the in-process research and development
   intangible assets upon FDA approval or clearance of these products, as applicable.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- Folio --&gt;
   &lt;!-- /Folio --&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- PAGEBREAK --&gt;
   &lt;div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The estimated amortization expense
   for acquired intangible assets over future periods as of September 30, 2010 is as
   follows (in thousands):
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="center"&gt;
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