Related posts [TMO] Thermo Fisher [DHR] Danaher Over the last 4 decades, a growing share of the pharmaceutical market has shifted from small molecules derived through chemical reactions to large molecules extracted from living cells. The latter process is far more difficult. Cell populations are temperamental. They need to be fed with just the right […]
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[ODFL, SAIA, XPO] the LTL carriers are going to be ok
January 5, 2026
If I were to tell you about a company whose main job is to move [...]
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[AVTR] a poor man’s Thermo Fisher
December 22, 2025
Avantor is like Thermo Fisher in some respects. It distributes lab products and sells bioprocessing [...]
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Survey results + programming notes
December 19, 2025
Hi everyone – on Monday, I’ll share some thoughts on Avantor in my final post [...]
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[scuttlebit] Shift4’s organic growth
December 10, 2025
Last week, a reader and Shift4 shareholder messaged me, raising questions about the company’s organic [...]
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Booz Allen and the business of defense – part 2
December 8, 2025
I left Part 1 with the observation that, starting in earnest around a decade ago, [...]
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