Shares of Danaher popped more than 7% on Tuesday after the life sciences company delivered beats across its three main businesses — a sign the long-awaited turnaround in the biotech industry is finally here.
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The turnaround is now in effect, with bioprocessing orders up on a sequential basis.
Within the segment, bioprocessing sales fell a "high teens" percentage, while discovery and medical declined 20% year over year.
Diagnostics sales advanced 7.5% on a core basis to $2.53 billion.
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