secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. (BIO)
CIK:        0000012208
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000012208-25-000057
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Bio-Rad co-founder and Director Emeritus Alice Schwartz dies at 99
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- Alice N. Schwartz, co-founder of Bio-Rad, passed away on September 25, 2025, at age 99.
- She co-founded Bio-Rad in 1952 with her husband David and developed the company's first thyroid test kit in the 1960s.
- Schwartz served as an active Board member until 2022 and was named Director Emeritus.
- Her contributions included the innovation that marked Bio-Rad's entry into clinical diagnostics.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220825000057/0000012208-25-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12208/000001220825000057/bio-20250929.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012208-25-000057

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