▁( U . S . ▁state ) ▁state ▁sen ators <0x0A> </s> ▁Th ermo ▁Fish er ▁Scient ific ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁provision er ▁of ▁scientific ▁instrument ation , ▁re ag ents ▁and ▁consum ables , ▁and ▁software ▁and ▁services ▁to ▁health care , ▁life ▁science , ▁and ▁other ▁labor ator ies ▁in ▁academ ia , ▁government , ▁and ▁industry ▁( including ▁in ▁the ▁bi ote chn ology ▁and ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁se ctors ). ▁Based ▁in ▁W alth am , ▁Massachusetts , ▁Th ermo ▁Fish er ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁by ▁the ▁mer ger ▁of ▁Th ermo ▁Electron ▁and ▁Fish er ▁Scient ific , ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁company ▁with ▁US $ ▁ 9 ▁billion ▁in ▁combined ▁reven ues . ▁▁ ▁The ▁combined ▁company ▁has ▁added ▁significantly ▁to ▁its ▁techn ologies , ▁work force , ▁and ▁reven ues ▁through ▁the ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁other ▁re agent , ▁consum able , ▁instrument ation , ▁and ▁service ▁prov iders , ▁including ▁of ▁Life ▁Techn ologies ▁Corporation ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁( for ▁US $ ▁ 1 3 . 6 ▁billion , ▁for ▁pro be ▁re ag ents ▁and ▁advanced ▁DNA ▁sequ encing ▁services ), ▁Advanced ▁Scient ific s ▁( US $ ▁ 3 0 0 ▁million , ▁for ▁bi opro cess ing ▁techn ologies ) ▁and ▁Al fa ▁A esar ▁( US $ ▁ 4 0 5 ▁million , ▁for ▁research ▁chemical s ), ▁both ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ; ▁Aff ym et rix ▁( US