Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. serves the scientific community through a broad offering of innovative products and services. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts and currently employs 125,000 full-time employees. Through its Life Sciences Solutions segment, it provides a portfolio of reagents, instruments and consumables used in biological and medical research, the discovery and production of new drugs and vaccines as well as diagnosis of infection and disease. Through its Analytical Instruments segment, it provides instruments and the supporting consumables, software and services that are used for a range of applications. Its Specialty Diagnostics segment offers a range of diagnostic test kits, reagents, culture media, instruments and associated products. Its Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services segment offers virtually everything needed for the laboratory. The company also provides purification and filtration technologies.