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"No thank you. I believe I've spent enough time in the company of death."

—Roland Tembo, after being asked to join InGen^(src)

International Genetic Technologies, also known as the International Genetics Corporation^[1], InGen BioEngineering,^[2] The InGen Corporation,^[2] and by it's portmanteau-like abbreviation InGen, was a billion dollar bioengineering company founded by John Hammond and Benjamin Lockwood. The company performed research to recreate extinct animals, with the aim to clone those creatures and display them in a theme park called Jurassic Park. InGen rivaled Mantah Corp and Biosyn, both of which were similar genetic companies.

Since 1998, InGen was a subsidiary of Masrani Global Corporation. However, (possibly) as a result of the Jurassic World Incident, InGen would declare Chapter 11 Bankruptcy at an unknown time before 2027.^[1]

History[]

Foundation[]

Longtime friends John Alfred Hammond and Sir Benjamin Lockwood "dreamed up" the idea to clone dinosaurs from preserved DNA in fossilized amber.^[3] Hammond set up a research group, including Lockwood and Dr. Henry Wu to a carry this dream into effect. InGen acquired Isla Sorna and the neighboring Muertes Archipelago in 1982, where they established facilities.^[4]^[5] They managed to clone a prehistoric animal, a Triceratops horridus, in 1986^[6] and newly born dinosaurs were grown and fed on Isla Sorna. It was here where critical research took place on dinosaurs in a wild environment.

Jurassic Park[]

When several dinosaur species were successfully cloned, Hammond started to set up a place where the public could see these animals. In 1983,^[7] Hammond began construction on an amphitheatre in San Diego. However, in 1985,^[8] Hammond abandoned his idea of the amphitheatre and started to build a far greater Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, 120 miles off of Costa Rica in 1987.^[9] A plant (Serenna veriformans) was also recreated on the island.^[10]

In 1993, the park was nearing completion. However, an accident resulted in a 20 million dollar lawsuit from the family of Jophery Brown, scaring the investors and insurance underwriters who feared Jurassic Park was unsafe.^[11]

They sent lawyer Donald Gennaro to inspect the theme park, who brought Ian Malcolm with him, but they thought he was too trendy and wanted Alan Grant. However, interference from one of InGen's rivals, Biosyn, most notably Dennis Nedry, caused a deactivation of all of the park's systems, and the dinosaurs roamed free, causing several casualties. Without the trust of its investors, Jurassic Park could not be opened.^[11]

After Jurassic Park[]

In the aftermath of the disaster caused at Jurassic Park, John Hammond became an environmentalist, and he opposed all plans to start a new Jurassic Park. The dinosaurs and ruins of Jurassic Park were cleaned up in 1994.^[12] Hurricane Clarissa then destroyed InGen's facilities on Isla Sorna.^[13]

After the events of the Isla Nublar Incident, InGen and Peter Ludlow made Malcolm a generous compensatory offer for his injuries. However, Malcolm considered it a "payoff and insult," and attempted to go public about his experience on Isla Nublar, only to be discredited by Ludlow, who made him appear insane to the public. This was further complicated by Malcolm being in open violation of the non-disclosure agreement he signed prior to the incident, further damaging his tarnished career. Malcolm also had his University tenure revoked for telling "wild stories" to the press.^[2]

According to the Dinosaur Protection Group: The families of the victims were supposedly given hush money. (...) Theories regarding the incident weren't openly discussed until after a televised interview with Dr. Ian Malcolm in 1995, during which he famously disclosed sensitive information about the events of 1993. However, InGen undertook a dedicated effort to discredit Dr. Malcolm's claims. The company's interference came in the from of several published interviews with company representative Peter Ludlow. Ludlow, armed with years of experience in litigation, used a combination of legal loopholes, misinformation, and outright bribes in order to maintain a favorable reputation for the company. Out of a desire to preserve Costa Rica's reputation as a safe tourist paradise, Costa Rican officials contributed to the cover-up as well, stating in print: “John Hammond and InGen's work is filled under genetic research for a ecological preserve. There is no evidence or credibility to far-fetched claims of living dinosaurs.” Ultimately, the misdirection worked. The public became convinced that the eccentric mathematician was lying and that InGen was not responsible for any wrongdoing as a result of their genetics program. Jurassic Park was dismissed as a hoax and the public moved on.^[14]

Because Hammond had blocked attempts to create a new Jurassic Park, and due to wrongful death settlements (family of Donald Gennaro, $36.5 million, family of John Arnold, $23 million, family of Robert Muldoon, $12.6 million), damaged or destroyed equipment, $17.3 million, demolition, deconstruction and disposal of Isla Nublar facilities organic and inorganic, $126 million, research funds, and media payoffs for silence, InGen was on the verge of bankruptcy since the incident. Its stock dropped from seventy-eight and a quarter to nineteen.^[15]

In 1997, Ludlow used the Bowman Incident to propose to the board of directors to solve InGen's financial crisis by transporting some dinosaurs to a small Jurassic Park in San Diego, and to force Hammond to resign from his role as CEO of InGen, and claimed the position.^[2]^[15]

InGen Corporate Resolution 213C, as written in the film script and seen in a deleted scene:^[15]

“Whereas the Chief Executive Officer has engaged in wasteful and negligent business practices to further his own personal environmental beliefs - - Whereas these practices have affected the financial performance of the company by incurring significant losses - - Whereas the shareholders have been materially harmed by theses losses - - Thereby, be it resolved that John Parker Hammond should be removed from the office of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.”^[13]

Ludlow tried to make InGen profitable again by finishing the smaller amphitheater in San Diego. He went on an expedition to Isla Sorna to catch dinosaurs, but the plan was sabotaged by Hammond's Gatherers, which led to the Isla Sorna Incident. One T. rex was brought to the mainland United States, but it went on a rampage, leading to the San Diego incident. Here, Ludlow died in an attempt at recapturing the Junior in the cargo hold of the S.S. Venture.^[2]

Though financially struggling, InGen managed to survive the crisis. InGen's research team created a new plant (Karacosis wutansis), which gained worldwide media attention.^[16]

Masrani[]

After the death of John Hammond, InGen was bought out by Simon Masrani, of Masrani Global Corporation, in 1998.^[9] At an unknown date before 2001, a group of InGen scientists illegally returned Isla Sorna, and violated the Gene Guard Act by breeding the Spinosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Corythosaurus and Corythosaurus. Henry Wu was promoted within the ranks of the InGen company in December of 2000. InGen's new headquarters were located in San Diego, and the majority of its research were also performed there.^[16]

Up until 2010, InGen conducted cross-breeding experiments at a research & development facility on Ile Saint-Hubert for Jurassic World to create new dinosaurs to maintain audience interest. This facility was built in 2005.^[17] However, the facility was abandoned following an accident involving the escape of a D. rex. In the 2020s, InGen went bankrupt and many of its assets were acquired by Parker-Genix Pharmaceutical Engineering, a pharmaceutical company.^[1]

Facilities[]

Headquarters[]

See InGen Headquarters

Sometime after Masrani bought the company, InGen's headquarters was moved to San Diego, California.^[16]

JP3EmbroynicsLabFrontDeskLobby — InGen Compound Lobby

Site B[]

InGen purchased Isla Sorna as a location to clone and grow the dinosaurs. InGen maintained a large Worker Village and breeding compound. The island was then abandoned after Hurricane Clarissa.^[2]

Site C[]

InGen purchased Ile Saint-Hubert as an early research facility for Jurassic Park and Jurassic World.^[1] The island was abandoned in 2010 after the Distortus rex escaped containment and killed at least one person.

San Diego[]

InGen originally planned to start with Jurassic Park: San Diego, a large amphitheater and zoo, in San Diego, before being abandoned for the much larger Isla Nublar.^[2]

Site A[]

InGen purchased Isla Nublar for Jurassic Park, a safari theme park and zoo. However, the Isla Nublar Incident happened, and the park was abandoned. Twelve years later, Jurassic World was built and was successful for ten years, before the Jurassic World Incident occurred, and it was also abandoned. Three years later, the island was destroyed with the Eruption of Mt. Sibo.^[3]

Mano De Dios Amber Mine[]

An amber mine in the Dominican Republic provided amber for InGen, under the ownership of Juanito Rostagno.^[11]

Martel[]

By 2014, Martel was InGen's most recent facility located in Siberia. Its goal was to extract Pleistocene aged organic materials from glacial ice within an 18 month period, drilling at 42 locations. With a rotating research team of nine scientists and a excavation crew of 45 persons, the team hoped to find organic remains dating from 40,000 to 200,000 years ago.^[18]

Internal Divisions[]

The following were featured or mentioned.

Members and employees[]

See InGen Employees.

Slogans[]

InGen's slogan varies from canon-to-canon, but all follow the same concept:
"We Make The Future" (novel)
"We Make Your Future" (film)
"We're Making The Future" (trespasser)

InGen Dinosaur Information[]

InGen files were leaked by the Dinosaur Protection Group in 2018. They contain reports about the 1993 incident, the 1994 clean-up, active dinosaurs on both islands, inactive dinosaurs, and asset damages. InGen also had a list of the dinosaurs it had.^[12]