Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
January 06, 2020 at 08:30 am
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. announced the appointment of Dara Grantham Wright as Executive Vice President and President of the Clinical Diagnostics Group, effective January 1, 2020. She takes the place of John Hertia who retired from this role on December 31, 2019. Ms. Grantham Wright will be responsible for providing global leadership and management of the overall strategy and business direction for the company’s Clinical Diagnostics Group global operations. Ms. Grantham Wright most recently was Vice President & General Manager, Biosciences Division, Life Science Solutions Group, Protein & Cell Analysis, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the company’s larger business unit. Prior to Thermo Fisher Scientific, she was Senior Vice President & General Manager, eBioscience Business Unit at Affymetrix.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. is specialized in the development, manufacturing and marketing of products used in life sciences research, clinical diagnostics and analytical chemistry. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- manufacture of clinical diagnostic tests and automated test systems (51.8%). The group also offers test kits, quality control systems and related IT systems;
- manufacture of reagents, equipment and instruments for biological research (48.1%): for the separation, identification and purification of chemical and biological substances (proteins, nucleic acids, bacteria, etc.) for the proteomics, genomics research, biopharmaceuticals, cell biology and food safety markets;
- other (0.1%): in particular, manufacturing of analytical instruments.
At the end of 2022, the Group has 16 production sites in the United States (5), Germany (3), France (2), China (2), Poland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Singapore.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (41.2%), Europe (30.4%), Asia (22.8%) and other (5.6%).
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. 
