Illumina, a leading biotech company, announced on Sunday that CEO Francis deSouza has resigned from his position. This development comes just weeks after activist investor Carl Icahn’s attempt to oust deSouza from the company was unsuccessful. The board of directors at Illumina has accepted deSouza’s resignation and has initiated a search for a new CEO.…
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Illumina acquires BlueBee to accelerate processing, analysis and sharing of next generation sequencing data
SAN DIEGO: Illumina Inc. is enhancing its capabilities to analyze and interpret the data produced by its sequencing systems with the acquisition of BlueBee, a cloud-based software company that provides genomics analysis solutions for research and clinical customers. Based in the Netherlands, BlueBee has developed a regulatory compliant, secure cloud platform that simplifies access to…