Nov. 7, 2018—Illumina announced it will acquire Pacific Biosciences for approximately $1.2 billion. With this acquisition, Illumina will be positioned to provide integrated workflows and novel innovations that bring together both Illumina’s short-read sequencing platforms with PacBio’s long-read sequencing capabilities to help researchers advance their discoveries faster and clinicians offer new tests economically. “PacBio’s unmatched accuracy mirrors that of Illumina’s ...
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