Roche Abruptly Breaks Off PacBio Partnership

This morning was a solid block of meetings, but in a pause I checked my phone and saw the shocking headline: Roche Diagnostics hadsuddenly terminated their partnership with Pacific Biosciencesto commercialize the Sequel instrument for clinical applications. Based on the few things I've read and a conversation with Bio-IT World's Allison Profitt, I've formed a few ideas, but certainly still find this a bit mystifying.  Perhaps the first part of next year, with the JP Morgan Conference and AGBT, will see Roche revealing a bit more about why they decided to break up with their partner.  Particularly when Roche had already made all their milestone payments; going forwardRead more »
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