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DNAnexus is a Mountain View-headquartered cloud platform for genomic data management and analysis. Founded in 2009, the company supports petabyte-scale storage, HIPAA-compliant collaboration, and AI workflows for clients including the Broad Institute, Illumina, and NHS Genomics England. DNAnexus operates data centers in the US, Europe, and Asia, powering projects like the UK Biobank analysis and COVID-19 surveillance. Its Apollo system enables secure multi-tenant research across 100,000 genomes.

Iqvia is the result of the 2016 merger of Quintiles, a leading global contract research organization, and IMS Health, a leading healthcare data and analytics provider. The research and development segment focuses primarily on providing outsourced late-stage clinical trials for pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostic firms. The technology and analytics segment provides aggregated information and technology services to clients in the healthcare industry, including pharmaceutical companies, providers, payers, and policymakers, as well as data and analytics capabilities for clinical trials, including virtual trials. The company also has a small contract sales business.

Revvity is a global life sciences and diagnostics company formed in 2023 following the rebranding of PerkinElmer. The company operates in two segments: life sciences, which provides reagents and instruments for biopharma and academic research, and signals software, and diagnostics, which offers tools in immunodiagnostics and newborn and reproductive health. Revvity’s products and services are sold worldwide, with major markets in the US, Europe, and China.

Icon is a global late-stage contract research organization that provides drug development and clinical trial services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device firms. While the vast majority of its revenue comes from clinical research, Icon also offers ancillary services such as laboratory and imaging capabilities. The company is headquartered in Ireland.

Benchling is a San Francisco-headquartered cloud platform for biotech R&D launched in 2012 that supports molecular biology workflows including DNA design, CRISPR editing, and experiment tracking. Adopted by Pfizer, Regeneron, and Moderna for vaccine development, it serves over 200,000 scientists at more than 3,000 organizations worldwide.

CareDx Inc operates as a precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers. It offers testing services, products, and digital solutions along with the pre- and post-transplant patient journey and is a provider of genomics-based information for transplant patients. The Company's commercially available testing services consist of AlloSure Kidney, AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Heart, a dd-cfDNA solution for heart transplant patients, and AlloSure Lung, a dd-cfDNA solution for lung transplant patients. Geographically it generates the majority of its revenue from the United States. The company generates the majority of revenue from the Testing services.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC makes a novel generation of DNA/RNA sequencing technology that provides rich data and is fast, accessible, and easy to use. The company is predominantly involved in researching, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a nanopore-based sequencing platform that allows the real-time analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA). This enables its customers to perform scientific/biomedical research in a range of areas, including human genetics, cancer research, outbreak surveillance, environmental analysis, pathogens/antimicrobial resistance, microbiome analysis, and crop science. The company's reportable segments are; Life Science Research Tools which generates key revenue, and COVID Testing.

Suzhou Sepax Technologies Co Ltd is engaged in the Research, development and produce liquid chromatography materials for drug analysis, detection, separation and purification.

Certara Inc accelerates medicines to patients using biosimulation software and technology to transform traditional drug discovery and development. It provides modeling and simulation, regulatory science, and assessment software and services to help clients reduce clinical trials, accelerate regulatory approval and increase patient access to medicines. The company has its business presence in the Americas which is also it key revenue generating market, EMEA and Asia Pacific region.

MedGenome is a Bangalore-based genomics company offering next-generation sequencing diagnostics and research services for cancer, metabolic, cardiac, and rare diseases. The firm operates CLIA-certified labs in the United States and India, processing samples for over 500 hospitals and research institutions. Its platform integrates bioinformatics with population-scale data from South Asian genomes, supporting drug discovery partnerships with AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb in precision medicine initiatives.

uBiome is a San Francisco-based biotechnology company offering at-home gut microbiome testing kits, clinical diagnostics, and probiotic supplements. Services include SmartGut analysis sequencing 20,000+ bacterial species, citizen science projects like Global Gut, and therapeutic discoveries in personalized nutrition. uBiome partners with healthcare providers for microbiome-informed treatments targeting digestive health and chronic conditions.

Seer Inc is a biotechnology company. The company commercializes transformative products for researchers to unlock deep, unbiased biological information. Its product, the Proteograph Product Suite (Proteograph), will leverage its proprietary engineered nanoparticle (NP) technology to provide unbiased, deep, rapid, and large-scale access across the proteome.

Champions Oncology Inc is a USA based company which is engaged in the development and sale of state of the art technology solutions and products to personalize the development and use of oncology drugs. The company operates through one segment namely Personalized Oncology Solutions (POS) and Translational Oncology Solutions (TOS). Its POS business assists physicians in developing personalized treatment options for their cancer patients through tumor-specific data obtained from drug panels and related personalized oncology services. The TOS business assists pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with their drug development process and offers studies or license tumors for use in studies. The company's revenue is majorly derived from research services.

Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: life science, electronics, and healthcare. The life science segment provides laboratory consumables and instruments to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. The electronics segment offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors and flat-screen televisions. In the healthcare segment, Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In 1995, the E. Merck family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.

Illumina provides tools and services to analyze genetic material with life science and clinical lab applications. The company generates over 90% of its revenue from sequencing instruments, consumables, and services. Illumina’s high-throughput technology enables whole genome sequencing in humans and other large organisms. Its lower throughput tools enable applications that require smaller data outputs, such as viral and cancer tumor screening. Illumina also sells microarrays (9% of 2024 sales) that enable lower-cost, focused genetic screening with primarily consumer and agricultural applications.

Sartorius AG is a leading provider of bioprocessing solutions. Its bioprocess division sells equipment and consumables for upstream and downstream manufacturing of biologic drugs, and has a focus on single-use technology. Its laboratory products and services division offers a wide range of products for laboratory use, including scales, pipettes, and filtration equipment. As of 2024, the bioprocess and LPS divisions contributed 80% and 20% of revenue, respectively. Bioprocess is housed in its subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech, of which Sartorius AG has a 72% ownership and 83% voting control. The business is geographically diverse, with revenue across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (41% of 2024 sales), the Americas (36%), and Asia-Pacific (23%). We estimate China revenue to be around 10%.

In spring 2024, 3M spun out its legacy healthcare segment as a stand-alone firm, Solventum. At that time, the firm comprised four segments. The smallest one—purification and filtration—has since been sold. Now, medsurg is the largest business, contributing roughly 64% of consolidated revenue, and includes advanced wound care and wound prevention. Dental solutions (restorative composites and orthodontia) and health information systems (mainly revenue cycle management) each contribute 18% of total revenue.