Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. manufactures and distributes life science research and clinical diagnostic products in the United States Europe Asia Canada and Latin America. The company operates through Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics segments. The Life Science segment develops manufactures and markets reagents apparatus and laboratory instruments that are used in research techniques biopharmaceutical production processes and food testing regimes. It focuses on selected segments of the life sciences market in proteomics genomics biopharmaceutical production cellular biology and food safety. This segment serves universities and medical schools industrial research organizations government agencies pharmaceutical manufacturers biotechnology researchers food producers and food testing laboratories. The Clinical Diagnostics segment designs manufactures sells and supports test systems informatics systems test kits and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories in the diagnostics market. This segment offers reagents instruments and software which address specific niches within the in vitro diagnostics test market. It sells its products to reference laboratories hospital laboratories state newborn screening facilities physicians' office laboratories and transfusion laboratories. In addition the company offers products and systems to separate complex chemical and biological materials as well as to identify analyze and purify components. The company offers its products through its direct sales force as well as through distributors agents brokers and resellers. Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Hercules California.