Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO.B) (NYSE: BIO.B) develops, manufactures and markets products and systems used in life science research and clinical diagnostics. The company serves academic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial and healthcare customers with laboratory instruments, reagents, consumables, software and related services.
Its life science portfolio includes technologies for genomics, digital PCR, protein analysis, chromatography, electrophoresis, cell biology and imaging. Bio-Rad’s clinical diagnostics business provides systems and reagents used in areas such as diabetes monitoring, blood typing, quality control, infectious disease testing and autoimmune diagnostics.
Founded in 1952 by David and Alice Schwartz, Bio-Rad is headquartered in Hercules, California, and serves customers through operations and distribution networks in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets. Norman D. Schwartz has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer and is also associated with its board leadership.
