Private company

Leica Biosystems

German scientific instruments manufacturer

Leica Biosystems, founded 1872 as Precision Engineering, is a medical device company that develops and supplies clinical diagnostics to the pathology market. It is also a research, instrument, and medical device company and a division of Danaher Corporation.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1
  • Industrybiotechnology1
  • HeadquartersWetzlar1
  • Legal formcompany1

Leica Biosystems, founded 1872 as Precision Engineering, is a medical device company that develops and supplies clinical diagnostics to the pathology market. It is also a research, instrument, and medical device company and a division of Danaher Corporation.2

Products and brands

  • microtome

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1989Founded Founded1

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