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What: Pacific Biosciences of California
So what: The Investopedia.com article indicated Pacific Biosciences has built a lot of anticipation for its new products. However, it also called Illumina "the go-to stock for genomics" and described competitor Life Technologies as "rejuvenated." The article went on to note that heavyweights General Electric and IBM are indicating they may enter the market.
Now what: The article also made negative comments about end market demand, noting that talk of more spending on genomics has been going on for quite a while. It also pointed out that the largest markets for genomics products are academic labs and research hospitals that rely heavily on government funding. Given the need to cut the Federal deficit, demand could fail to grow as hoped.
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