Cepheid

Cepheid

Cepheid

Overview
Date Founded

1996

Headquarters

904 CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE, CA, 94089

Type of Company

Private

Employees (Worldwide)

1,001 - 5,000

Industries

Industrial Machinery & Manufacturing
Hospitals & Patient Services
IT Consulting & Services
Retail: Drug Stores
Medical Support Services
Biotechnology

Company Description

Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) is a leading molecular diagnostics company that is dedicated to improving healthcare by developing, manufacturing, and marketing accurate yet easy-to-use molecular systems and tests. By automating highly complex and time-consuming manual procedures, the company's solutions deliver a better way for institutions of any size to perform sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases. Through its strong molecular biology capabilities, the company is focusing on those applications where accurate, rapid, and actionable test results are needed most, such as managing infectious diseases and cancer.

Website

http://www.cepheid.com

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In The News
Nasdaq
January 14, 2021
Cepheid Gets Health Canada License For Four-in-one Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test - Quick Facts
GlobeNewswire
January 13, 2021
Nucleic Acid Testing Market Research Report by Indication, by Product, by Technique, by End User - Global Forecast to 2025 - Cumulative Impact of COVID-19
PR Newswire
December 23, 2020
2020 Outlook on the Customer Experience in the Clinical Diagnostics Industry - Impact of COVID-19
Business Wire
December 18, 2020
2020 Outlook on Sepsis Diagnostics Products and Market Trends - ResearchAndMarkets.com
PR Newswire
December 16, 2020
Global Genetic Testing Market Outlook to 2022 Featuring Abbott Laboratories, Roche Diagnostics, Myriad Genetics, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hologic, Cepheid, Agilent Technologies, and QIAGEN

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Warren C. Kocmond, Jr.

President & Chief Operating Officer

Scott A. Campbell

Senior Vice President & General Manager

David H. Persing

Chief Medical & Technology Officer

Peter Farrell

Executive Vice President, Worldwide Commercial Operations

Steve Young

Co-Founder

Dennis H. Giesing

Co-Founder

Brant Adornato

Executive Director

Linda Western

Executive Director

Derek Beattie

Executive Director

Pierre Courrieu

Partner

Board of Directors
Tom L. Gutshall

Special Limited Partner at CampVentures LLC

Robert J. Easton

Former Vice Chairman at New York Biotechnology Association, Inc.

David H. Persing

Chief Medical & Technology Officer at Cepheid

Cristina H. Kepner

Former Director at ACLARA Biosciences, Inc.

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Transaction Advisors
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Fenwick & West LLP

Advised onDanaher Corporation purchases Cepheid

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