Keyword: gene sequencing

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Life Tech Exploring Potential Sale

18.01.2013 - Life Technologies is exploring a potential sale and has retained banks to advise on the process, sending shares of the biotechnology company 11% higher to an all-time high on...

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Roche, PSS Team Up to Automate Gene Sample Preparation

21.12.2012 - Roche is to join forces with Japan's PSS to improve its gene sequencing process, raising investment in its own technology after dropping a $6.8 billion bid for sequencing market...

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Roche Steps Back from Illumina Acquisition

20.04.2012 - Roche dropped its bid to buy the gene-sequencing leader Illumina this week after Illumina's shareholders made it clear at the company's annual meeting that the terms were...

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Columbia University Sues Illumina Over DNA Patents

27.03.2012 - Illumina, a gene-mapping company facing a $5.7 billion hostile takeover bid by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding, was sued by Columbia University on Monday for allegedly infringing...