PacBio and Covaris develop workflow for tumor sample sequencing

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PacBio and Covaris Announce Joint Workflow Enabling HiFi Long-Read Sequencing of FFPE Tumor Samples

April 15, 2026 9:06 AM EDT

MENLO PARK, Calif. and WOBURN, Mass., April 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, and Covaris, a PerkinElmer company and leader in sample preparation technologies, today announced a joint workflow has been developed for robust HiFi sequencing of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. The protocol will be formally presented at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting. This solution integrates Covaris truXTRAC® FFPE extraction technology with PacBios Kinnex library preparation and sequencing on the Revio system, delivering a streamlined workflow from sample to... More