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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Co-Founder and Director Emeritus Alice Schwartz Passes Away
HERCULES, Calif., September 30, 2025--Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced that Alice N. Schwartz, Bio-Rad’s co-founder and Director Emeritus, passed away on September 25, 2025, at the age of 99.
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