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Roche is a Swiss biopharmaceutical and diagnostic company. The firm's bestselling pharmaceutical products include a variety of oncology therapies from acquired partner Genentech, and its diagnostics group was bolstered by the acquisition of Ventana in 2008. Oncology products account for 50% of pharmaceutical sales, and centralized and point-of-care diagnostics for more than half of diagnostic-related sales.

Thermo Fisher Scientific sells scientific instruments and laboratory equipment, diagnostics consumables, and life science reagents. The firm operates through four segments as of year-end 2024 (revenue figures include some cross-segment revenue): analytical technologies (17% of sales); specialty diagnostic products (11%); life science solutions (23%); and lab products and services, which includes CRO services (the remainder).

In 1984, Danaher's founders transformed a real estate organization into an industrial-focused manufacturing company. Then, through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, Danaher now focuses primarily on manufacturing scientific instruments and consumables in the life sciences and diagnostic industries after the late 2023 divestiture of its environmental and applied solutions group, Veralto.

Wuxi AppTec Co Ltd provides a portfolio of research and manufacturing services throughout the discovery, development, and manufacturing spectrum for small molecule drugs, development of computer software and databases as well as consulting services for combinatorial chemistry and pharmaceuticals. The services offered by the company include drug research and development testing, clinical research services, an end-to-end CRDMO platform for peptide, oligonucleotide, and small molecules, and integrated biology services and solutions for drug discovery. The company's reportable segments are WuXi Chemistry, which derives maximum revenue, WuXi Testing, WuXi Biology, and Others. Geographically, it derives key revenue from the United States of America, followed by China, Europe, and other regions.

Natera Inc is a diagnostic and research company with proprietary molecular and bioinformatics technology. The company's key product offerings include its Panorama Non-Invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT) which screens for chromosomal abnormalities of a fetus as well as in twin pregnancies, typically with a blood draw from the mother, Horizon Carrier Screening (HCS) to determine carrier status for a large number of severe genetic diseases that could be passed on to the carrier’s children, Signatera molecular residual disease (MRD) test, which detects circulating tumor DNA in patients previously diagnosed with cancer to assess molecular residual disease and monitor for recurrence; and Prospera, to assess organ transplant rejection.

Originally spun out of Hewlett-Packard in 1999, Agilent has evolved into a leading life science and diagnostic firm. Today, Agilent's measurement technologies serve a broad base of customers with its three operating segments: life science and diagnostics, cross lab operations consisting of consumables and services, and applied end markets. Over half of its sales are generated from the biopharmaceutical, chemical, and advanced materials end markets, which we view as the stickiest end markets, but it also supports clinical lab, environmental, forensics, food, academic, and government-related organizations. The company is geographically diverse, with operations in the US and China representing the largest country concentrations.

Water sells liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and thermal analysis tools. These analytical instruments provide essential information on various products, such as their molecular structures and physical properties, to help clients enhance the health and well-being of end users. As a percentage of sales in 2024, Waters generated 58% from biopharmaceutical customers, 31% from industrial clients, and 11% from academic/government institutions. In early 2026, Waters plans to merge with BD's life science and diagnostics business, which will substantially change those concentrations. Waters will wind up with more concentration in diagnostics (versus none now) and discovery-related life science tools.

Illumina is a genomics company headquartered in San Diego, California, that develops and sells DNA sequencing and array-based systems for research, clinical and applied markets. It was incorporated in April 1998 by David Walt, Larry Bock, John Stuelpnagel, Anthony Czarnik and Mark Chee, and its shares trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol ILMN. Its NovaSeq, NextSeq and MiSeq sequencers and microarrays are bought by genomic research centers, pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and clinical laboratories. Revenue comes from instrument sales and from the consumables and services used with an installed base of about 21,000 systems in 165 countries. Fiscal 2025 revenue was $4.34 billion, flat on 2024, with GAAP net income of $850 million, and the company has about 8,600 employees. It acquired the cancer-detection company GRAIL in 2021 and completed its spin-off in June 2024, keeping a 14.5% minority stake. In January 2025 it invested $20 million in Truveta alongside Regeneron to support the Truveta Genome Project.

Idexx Laboratories primarily develops, manufactures, and distributes diagnostic products, equipment, and services for pets and livestock. Its key product lines include single-use canine and feline test kits that veterinarians can employ in the office, benchtop chemistry and hematology analyzers for test-panel analysis on-site, reference lab services, and tests to detect and manage disease in livestock. The firm also offers vet practice management software and consulting services to animal hospitals. Idexx derives roughly 35% of its revenue from outside the United States.

Mettler-Toledo supplies weighing and precision instruments to customers in the life sciences (around 55% of sales), industrial (around 40%), and food retail (around 5%) industries. Its products include laboratory and retail scales, pipettes, pH meters, thermal analysis equipment, titrators, metal detectors, and X-ray analyzers. Mettler leads the market for weighing instrumentation and controls more than 50% of the market for lab balances. The business is geographically diversified, with the Americas accounting for about 37% of sales, Europe about 27%, China about 16% and the rest of the world about 20%.

Quest Diagnostics is a leading independent provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services in the US. The company generates over 95% of its revenue through clinical testing, anatomic pathology, esoteric testing, and substance abuse testing with specimens collected at its national network of roughly 2,300 patient service centers, as well as multiple doctors offices and hospitals. The firm also runs a much smaller diagnostic solutions segment that provides clinical trials testing, risk-assessment services, and information technology solutions.

Labcorp is one of the nation's two largest independent clinical laboratories, with roughly 20% of the independent lab market. The company operates approximately 2,000 patient-service centers, offering a broad range of 5,000 clinical lab tests, ranging from uncomplicated routine blood and urine screens to complex oncology and genomic testing.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech is a leading provider of bioprocessing solutions. Its sells equipment and consumables for fermentation, filtration, fluid management, purification, and cell culture media for manufacturing biologic drugs and has a focus on single-use technology. It is a subsidiary of Sartorius AG, which has 71.5% ownership and 83% voting control. The business is geographically diverse, with 35% of sales from the Americas, 42% from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, 15% from Asia excluding China, and 8% from China.

Guardant Health, based in Redwood City, California, is a leader in liquid-based cancer tests for clinical and research use. The company's main franchises are Guardant360 for genomic profiling of tumors, Reveal for molecular residual disease testing, and Shield for colorectal cancer screening. Additionally, Guardant offers research development services such as regulatory approval consultancy and clinical trial referrals.

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.

Eurofins, headquartered in Luxembourg, is a decentralized network of life sciences companies that provide various analytical tests and laboratory services. These include tests to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, purity, origin, and traceability of various biological substances and products. Eurofins operates over 950 laboratories in 61 countries. Its revenue from Europe, North America, and the rest of the world contributes approximately 50%, 40%, and 10% of total revenue, respectively. Its areas of business activity are food, feed, and environmental testing ("life"), biopharmaceutical services, diagnostic services and products, and consumer and technology products testing, which contribute approximately 40%, 30%, 20%, and 10% respectively.

Charles River Laboratories was founded in 1947 and is a leading provider of drug discovery and development services. The company’s research model & services segment is the leading provider of animal models for laboratory testing, which breeds and delivers animal research models with specific genetic characteristics for preclinical studies around the world. The discovery & safety assessment segment includes services required to take a drug through the early development process, including discovery services. The manufacturing support segment includes microbial solutions, which provides in vitro (non-animal) testing products, biologics testing services, and avian vaccine services.

Genscript Biotech Corp is a China-based provider of life science research services and products. The firm is known for its gene synthesis capabilities, a widely used service by academics, biotech companies, and pharmaceutical companies around the world. The company's business segments include Life-science services and products, Biologics development services, Industrial synthetic biology products, and the Operation unit. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the life-science services and products unit, which provides comprehensive research services and products, which are widely used and are fundamental to life-science research and application. Geographically, the company generates the majority of its revenue from the United States of America, followed by Mainland China.

Based in Minnesota, Bio-Techne is a life sciences manufacturer supplying consumables and instruments for the pharma, biotech, academic, and diagnostic markets. It reports in two segments: protein sciences (about 75% of revenue) and diagnostics and genomics (25%). The protein sciences segment sells reagents and analytical instruments used in life sciences research, including antibodies used in protein analysis. The diagnostics and genomics segment sells diagnostic reagents, molecular diagnostics, and spatial biology products. The United States accounts for about 55% of revenue. The firm also has operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (20% of sales), the UK (5%), and Asia-Pacific (15%), with the rest of the world accounting for the remaining 5%.

Repligen, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a global life sciences company that develops and sells bioprocessing equipment and supplies used in the manufacturing of biologic drugs, including monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines, and cell and gene therapies. Its customers include biopharmaceutical companies, contract development and manufacturing organizations, or CDMOs, and other life science companies. It sells four main product categories: filtration (including fluid management) is the largest category (about 55% of total revenue), while chromatography, proteins, and process analytics are 21%, 11%, and 13%, respectively. Customers in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific contribute about 44%, 37%, and 19% of revenue, respectively.

BioMérieux designs, develops, and manufactures a broad portfolio of in vitro diagnostics for detecting disease-causing pathogens and contamination. The company operates in four segments: molecular biology (42% of 2024 sales), microbiology (33%), immunoassays (10%), and industrial applications (about 15%). The Americas account for the largest portion of the firm's revenue (40%), followed by Asia-Pacific (27%) and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (27%). BioMérieux is headquartered in Marcy-l'Étoile, France.

Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd is a research and development service company supporting the life science industry. The company offers drug research and development service capabilities, ranging from synthetic, medicinal, and analytical chemistry, biology, DMPK, pharmacology, drug safety assessment, radiochemistry, and isotopically labelled metabolism, chemical and pharmaceutical development to clinical development. The company's operating segment includes Laboratory services; CMC (small molecule CDMO) services, Clinical development services, and biologics and CGT services. It generates maximum revenue from the Laboratory services segment.

Avantor Inc provides products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. The company operates through two segments: Laboratory Solutions and Bioscience Production. It offers materials & consumables, equipment & instrumentation, and services & specialty procurement. Product groups include Equipment & Instrumentation, Services & Specialty Procurement, Proprietary Materials & Consumables, and Third-Party Materials & Consumables. Materials & consumables include high-purity chemicals and reagents, lab supplies, customized excipients, single-use assemblies, chromatography products, sample preparation kits, and fluid handling solutions. It operates in the Americas, Europe, and AMEA.

Twist Bioscience Corp is a synthetic biology company that has developed a disruptive DNA synthesis platform to industrialize the engineering of biology. The company’s proprietary semiconductor-based manufacturing process synthesizes DNA on silicon rather than traditional plastic plates, enabling the production of high-quality synthetic DNA faster, more affordably, and at scale. This platform overcomes conventional inefficiencies, supports cost-effective, high-throughput synthesis, and allows researchers to accelerate innovation. Geographically, the company operates across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, deriving the majority of its revenue from the Americas.

10x Genomics Inc is a life science technology company based in the United States. Its solutions include instruments, consumables, and software for analyzing biological systems. The company's integrated solutions include instruments, consumables, and software for analyzing biological systems at a resolution and scale that matches the complexity of biology. Its product offerings include a Chromium platform comprising microfluidic chips and related consumables, Chromium X series, Visium and Xenium platforms, and others, which are predominantly used for the study of biological components. Geographically, the company derives operates from the United States and the rest from Americas (excluding the United States), Europe, Middle East and Africa, China, and Asia-Pacific (excluding China).

Qiagen offers proprietary sample and assay technology to extract, purify, amplify, and interpret DNA, RNA, and proteins. The company's sales are split almost evenly between applications in life sciences and molecular diagnostics. Qiagen generates nearly 90% of its revenue from consumables with the balance coming from instrumentation and related services. The Americas account for the largest portion of the firm's revenue (52% of 2024 sales), followed by EMEA (33%), and the Asia-Pacific (15%).

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL operates a network of hospitals throughout Thailand under the Bangkok Hospital, Phyathai Hospital, Samitivej Hospital, Paolo Hospital, BNH Hospital, and Royal International Hospital brands. The company has two business segments namely, hospital operations and other businesses that support hospital business such as medical laboratories, production and distribution of pharmaceutical products/medical equipment/saline, pharmacies, assets management for healthcare business, accounting services, technology and information services, training business and insurance broker. The company's hospital operations generate the vast majority of its revenue.

Max Healthcare Institute Ltd is a health care service provider. The company's facilities include third-party healthcare providers with whom the company has entered long-term service contracts for providing clinical, radiology, and pathology services. Its hospitals provide the full range of services through its Outpatient, Day Care, Emergency Room, and In-Patient departments to accommodate medical specialties such as orthopedics, internal medicine, general surgery, cardiac sciences, oncology, neurosciences, and obstetrics, as well as diagnostics. The group derives revenue from India.

Founded in the 1880s and listed on the ASX in 1952, ALS operates two divisions: commodities and life sciences. ALS commodities traditionally generated the majority of underlying earnings, providing geochemistry, metallurgy, inspection, and mine site services for the global mining industry. Expansion into environmental, pharmaceutical, and food testing areas has lessened earnings exposure to commodities.

Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co Ltd is a China-based Contract Research Organization. The company's offered services include bioanalytical, medical writing, biostatistical analysis, and medical imaging. The therapeutic areas of the company include Infections, Hematology, Cardiovascular, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, and Central Nervous System (CNS) among others.

Sonic Healthcare is an Australian medical diagnostics company that provides pathology and clinical laboratory services, diagnostic imaging and primary care medical services. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1987 and has grown largely through acquisitions in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium. The group reported revenue of A$9.6 billion and a net profit of A$514 million for the year to June 2025 and employs more than 45,000 people. It describes itself as the third largest provider of pathology and clinical laboratory services in the world and the largest private laboratory operator in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest participant in Australian diagnostic imaging, and its Sonic Clinical Services division runs medical centres, skin cancer clinics and occupational health services in Australia. Revenue comes from fees for tests and scans paid by patients, Medicare and other public and private payers, and from hospital and NHS laboratory outsourcing contracts. The company is headquartered in Sydney and operates through a decentralised structure built around what it calls Medical Leadership.

GRAIL Inc is a healthcare company focused on developing technologies for early cancer detection. The company has developed a multi-cancer early detection blood test that has the ability to detect all types of cancer, across all stages. It operates in one reportable operating segment which provides multi-cancer early detection testing and service.

Fortis Healthcare Ltd provides integrated healthcare delivery services in India. The company manages healthcare centers including hospitals, diagnostics, and day care specialty facilities. The company's key specialty in its hospital business is cardiac sciences. It is predominantly engaged in the business of healthcare services which is the only reportable segment. The company's key hospitals include Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in Dehli, Fortis Mulund in Mumbai, and Fortis Hospital in Bengaluru. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from India.

Shenzhen New Industries Biomedical Engineering Co Ltd is researching, developing, producing, and selling a series of fully automatic chemiluminescence immunoassay instruments and supporting reagents.

Sotera Health Co provides sterilization, analytical lab testing, and advisory services to help ensure that medical, pharmaceutical, and food products are safe for healthcare practitioners, patients, and consumers. The company operates in three reportable segments: Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs. The Sterigenics segment, which generates maximum revenue, provides outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services for medical devices, pharmaceuticals, food safety, and other application markets using three core technologies: gamma irradiation, EO processing, and E-beam irradiation. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from the United States, followed by Canada, Europe, and other regions.

Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co Ltd is engaged in research, development, production, and sales of in vitro diagnostic reagents, instruments, and vaccines. The company has two segments: Diagnostic and Vaccine. The Diagnostic segment develops and sells in vitro diagnostic reagents such as ELISA, colloidal gold, biochemical, and chemiluminescent kits, along with instruments including chemiluminescent analyzers, fluorescent analyzers, and nucleic acid purification systems. The Vaccine segment focuses on products like the hepatitis E vaccine, the bivalent HPV vaccine, and the nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Diagnostic segment.

BillionToOne Inc is a precision diagnostics company revolutionizing molecular testing with its patented Quantitative Counting Templates (QCT) platform. This technology enables ultrasensitive, single-molecule DNA quantification, making genetic testing more accurate, affordable, and accessible. The company serves prenatal screening and oncology markets with non-invasive tests that detect fetal genetic risks and monitor cancer therapy response.

Diasorin develops and manufactures a broad portfolio of in vitro diagnostics used for detecting pathogens and contamination of samples from the human body, as well as used in industrial settings such as food and water contamination testing. The company operates three segments: immunodiagnostics (66% of sales), molecular diagnostics (17%), and licensed technologies (14%). Diasorin was an important manufacturer of covid tests, which boosted its profits during the pandemic, but this segment’s importance has decreased over the years, and in 2024, it accounted for only 2% of total sales.

MGI Tech Co Ltd is a producer of clinical high-throughput gene sequencers, and its multi-omics platforms include genetic sequencing, medical imaging, and laboratory automation. It provides real-time, panoramic, and full-life-cycle equipment and systems for precision medicine, precision agriculture, precision healthcare, and other relevant industries.

Veracyte Inc is a genomic diagnostics company. The group empowers clinicians with the insights necessary to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. It offers tests for prostate cancer (Decipher Prostate), thyroid cancer (Afirma), breast cancer (Prosigna), and bladder cancer (Decipher Bladder). In addition, its Percepta Nasal Swab test is being run in CLIA labs in support of clinical studies.

Tecan Group AG sells automated laboratory instruments and solutions for the diagnostics and life sciences research markets. The firm operates in two segments; The Life Sciences Business (end-customer business) segment supplies end users with automated workflow solutions directly. These solutions include laboratory instruments, software packages, application know-how, services, consumables, and spare parts, The partnering Business (OEM business) segment develops and manufactures OEM instruments and components that are distributed by partner companies under their names. A majority proportion of Tecan's revenue is generated in the Americas and Europe.

Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd is a pathology lab based in India. It is involved in providing diagnostic services and other healthcare tests in the areas of pathology and radiology. The company operates laboratories for carrying out pathological diagnostic services in various branches of biochemistry, hematology, histopathology, microbiology, electrophoresis, immunochemistry, immunology, virology, cytology, and other pathological and radiological investigations. Its diagnostic services assist in preventing, monitoring, and treating diseases and improving health conditions. The company has business operations in India and other countries, of which maximum revenue is generated within India.

Celcuity Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapies for multiple solid tumors. Its candidate, gedatolisib, is a kinase inhibitor of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR (PAM) pathway, binding all class I PI3K isoforms and mTORC1/2, offering comprehensive inhibition with a mechanism and pharmacokinetics differentiated from other therapies. The Phase 3 VIKTORIA-1 trial, evaluating gedatolisib with fulvestrant, with or without palbociclib, in HR+/HER2- breast cancer, has completed enrollment and reported results for PIK3CA WT tumors, with cohort 2 (PIK3CA MT) also enrolled. Phase 3 VIKTORIA-2 and Phase 1b/2 CELC-G-201 trials, evaluating combinations in endocrine-resistant HR+/HER2- breast cancer and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, are ongoing.

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.

Fleury SA is engaged in the provision of medical services in the diagnostic, treatment, clinical analysis, health management, medical care, orthopedics and ophthalmology areas and offers its digital healthcare platform. The company carries out its activities through customer service units and hospital-based units. Furthermore, the company has a mobile service operation with coverage in municipalities in addition to a digital platform. It has two reportable business segments: Diagnostic Medicine and Integrated Medicine. The maximum revenue is generated from Diagnostic Medicine Segment.

BGI Genomics Co Ltd is a China-based company principally engaged in the provision of genomic class diagnosis and research services through the application of biotechnology. It offers its services in various research areas, such as agriculture and food science, cancer research, metagenomics, reproductive health, biomarker discovery, and drug discovery. The company mainly provides services for domestic and overseas academic institutions hospitals, medical institutions and others.

Neogen Corporation, headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, develops, manufactures, and markets various products for food and animal safety. In food safety, the company performs diagnostics to detect unintended substances in food and animal feed, to prevent contamination and foodborne illnesses such as foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms, natural toxins, food allergens, and ruminant by-products. In animal safety, the company segment is engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of veterinary instruments, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, topicals, parasiticides, diagnostic products, rodent control products, cleaners, disinfectants, insect control products and genomics testing services.

NeoGenomics Inc provides oncology diagnostic testing and consultative services which include technical laboratory services and professional interpretation of laboratory test results by licensed physicians or molecular experts in pathology and oncology. The company operates a network of cancer-focused testing laboratories in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company operates in a single segment and derives revenue from clients by providing clinical cancer testing, interpretation, and consultative services, molecular and NGS testing, comprehensive technical and professional services offerings, clinical trials and research, validation laboratory services, and oncology data solutions.