Agilent's board of directors declares the first quarterly cash dividend in the company's history—10 cents per share.
Agilent joins forces with the University of California at Davis and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate the 100,000 Genome Project, a massive five-year effort to improve food safety. The project will harness cutting-edge technology to enable faster responses to foodborne outbreaks.
Dako, a cancer diagnostics company headquartered in Denmark, becomes the largest acquisition in Agilent’s history. The acquisition enables Agilent to grow its diagnostics business and expand its role in life sciences. About 1,000 Dako employees join Agilent.