The firm sells a rapid, point-of-care, PCR platform for infectious disease diagnostics, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and strep A.
Hologic said that Biotheranostics' PCR-based gene expression tests have been validated in large studies in areas of oncology with high growth potential.
Despite the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, several companies in the index saw their shares rise by triple-digit percentages last year.
Although the total number of deals went down in 2020, those deals were worth more compared to 2019 — four of the top five had billion-dollar price tags.
Canadian Life Science distributes a range of consumables for chromatography including liquid and gas chromatography columns as well as sample prep products.
The New York Times reports that experts say President Joe Biden's goal of vaccinating 1 million people a day in the US in the next 100 days is too low a bar.
