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Bio-Rad Reports First-Quarter 2016 Currency-Neutral Revenue Growth of Nearly 4 Percent

May 5, 2016 4:18 PM EDT

HERCULES, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/05/16 -- 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, 2016.

First-quarter 2016 reported revenues were $471.2 million, down 0.3% compared to $472.8 million reported for the first quarter of 2015. On a currency-neutral basis, quarterly revenues increased 3.9% compared to the same period last year. First-quarter 2016 gross margin was 56.0% compared to 57.1% during the same quarter last year. The decrease in gross margin during the... More