WALTHAM, Mass., March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second consecutive year, the global community of SelectScience readers and contributors has voted Thermo Fisher Scientific Reviewers' Choice Company of the Year.

The "Company of the Year" award recognizes the company with the highest review rating based on the number of reviews and average rating of all products on SelectScience, a leading independent online resource that fulfills the information needs of the global scientific community.  Thermo Fisher also received the Reviewers' Choice Company of the Year in 2015.

SelectScience announced the award at a ceremony this week during the annual Pittcon Conference and Expo. Accepting the award was Jakob Gudbrand, president, chromatography and mass spectrometry, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

"It is an honor to receive this award for the second year in a row by the SelectScience global community of scientists and researchers," said Gudbrand. "We are greatly appreciative of the recognition of our continuous commitment to designing new products and technologies that can make a real difference to laboratory workflows and accelerate innovation and improve productivity."

"Our annual Reviewers' Choice Company of the Year award recognizes the company with the highest reviews and ratings," said Kerry Parker, editor-in-chief, SelectScience. "Scientists expect to read product reviews and receive validation from their peers when investing in new laboratory equipment. Thermo Fisher Scientific is being recognized as the company of choice by the people who matter the most – its customers."

Last month, SelectScience announced the Scientists' Choice Award for Best New Drug Discovery & Development Product of 2017 went to the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive HF-X Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of more than $20 billion and approximately 70,000 employees globally. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, deliver medicines to market and increase laboratory productivity. Through our premier brands – Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services – we offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive services. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

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