Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Decibio: "Clinical" Increasingly Dominates "Tools"

Stephane Budel and DeciBio post a four-page summary of some of their recent research on the moving l ine between tools and clinical diagnostics.  Find their post and PDF here.

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Life sciences research tools (LSRT) companies are pivoting hard toward clinical and translational value pools:

- Illumina: ~60% of consumables now clinical...

- 10x Genomics: launching a CLIA lab...

- [more examples]

Adding, “clinicalization” requires a significant business model transformation. Reimbursement, quality systems, go-to-market, partnerships… it all changes...