Life Technologies Extends Thermo Fisher’s Reach Into Clinical Practice
Executive Summary
Thermo Fisher’s $13.6 billion bid for Life Technologies is a blockbuster move within the instrumentation and consumables space, and also has implications for clinical practice. It’s another sign of the growing recognition that integrating clinical workflow is an important potential area for innovation and growth, along with the desire to move genomics tools into clinical use and the development of test content by nontraditional players in diagnostics.
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