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Bio-Rad Reports First-Quarter 2015 Financial Results

May 5, 2015 4:15 PM EDT

HERCULES, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/05/15 -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIO.B), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced financial results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.

First-quarter reported revenues were $472.8 million, down 7.2% compared to $509.3 million reported for the first quarter of 2014. On a currency-neutral basis, quarterly revenues increased 1.4% compared to the same period last year. First-quarter 2015 gross margin was 57.1% compared to 54.0% during the same quarter last year. The year-over-year increase in gross margin in the first... More