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Bio-Rad Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2019 Financial Results

February 13, 2020 4:15 PM EST

HERCULES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019.

Fourth-quarter 2019 net sales were $624.4 million, an increase of 1.2 percent compared to $616.8 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2018. On a currency-neutral basis, quarterly sales increased 2.3 percent compared to the same period in 2018. Fourth-quarter gross margin was 52.9 percent compared to 53.9 percent during the fourth quarter in 2018. As previously disclosed, we experienced a cyberattack on our network on December 5, 2019. We immediately took affected... More