The import ban on Illumina's NGS sequencers follows its placement on China's Ministry of Commerce's (MOFCOM) ‘Unreliable Entity List’ last month. Image credit: JHVEPhoto via Shutterstock.

The Chinese government took its economic sanctions against San Diego-based Illumina a step further Tuesday by banning the gene-sequencing company from importing its machines to the country.

Illumina has been barred from exporting its DNA sequencers to China, which closed its doors to the company in response to the Trump administration expanding its tariffs on the country. Previously ...

China announced a ban on Tuesday on imports of genetic sequencers from U.S. medical equipment maker Illumina , just minutes ...

China banned the import of Illumina Inc. gene-sequencing machines as part of a wave of retaliatory measures against fresh US tariffs on all Chinese goods, deepening the US company’s woes in one ...

Gene-sequencing giant Illumina is laying off 96 employees from its San Diego headquarters, according to paperwork filed with the state. This workforce reduction comes at a time when Illumina is ...

China on Tuesday announced a ban on imports of genetic sequencers from the US medical equipment maker Illumina a few minutes after US President Donald Trump’s additional 10% tariff on Chinese ...

China announced a ban on Tuesday on imports of genetic sequencers from U.S. medical equipment maker Illumina, just minutes after U.S. President Donald Trump's additional 10% tariff on Chinese ...

At a launch event on Feb. 20, Roche detailed plans to enter Illumina's sequencing stronghold with a new platform. Roche's platform is in testing now and scheduled to launch commercially in 2026.