LIFE TECHNOLOGIES <LTEK> IN LICENSING AGREEMENT
Life Technologies Inc said it
signed a two mln dlr technology transfer and licensing
agreement with Toray Industries Inc, a Tokyo-based maker of 
synthetic fibers and industrial, consumer and medical products.
    Under terms of the agreement, Life said Toray purchased
exclusive rights to market Life's hepatitus B detection
technology in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
    Moreover, Life said the companies agreed to begin a joint
research and development program to develop other human
diagnostic products.
 Reuter
