Illumina IncChina placed Illumina on Unreliable Entities List and restricted imports starting 2025, significantly impacting revenue estimates.

Bernstein SocGen analyst Eve Burstein resumed coverage of Illumina with a Market Perform rating and a $185 price target, citing a recovery driven by the next-generation NovaSeq X sequencer and expanding clinical applications. Burstein noted that China placed Illumina on its Unreliable Entities List and restricted imports of its sequencing instruments starting in early 2025, which significantly impacted revenue estimates. The company's pivot toward cancer detection, rare disease diagnosis, and reproductive health has fueled a recovery, while improved funding and new drug approvals in the life science tools sector provide additional tailwinds.
Illumina IncChina placed Illumina on Unreliable Entities List and restricted imports starting 2025, significantly impacting revenue estimates.