Industry Buzz: The 10 Biggest DX Mergers of 2019

Industry Buzz: The 10 Biggest DX Mergers of 2019

Conspicuous by its absence from the list is the proposed $1.2 billion Illumina takeover of Pacific Biosciences which suddenly seems to be in major trouble. Here are the 10-highest value M&A diagnostics deals that did come off in 2019.

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Diagnostic Deals: Illumina/PacBio Merger Derails & Qiagen Takes Itself Out of Play

As 2019 came to a close, the biggest story in DX deal making was the pair of anticipated M&A deals that suddenly seem unlikely to happen. As a result, two major genetic testing companies will apparently continue as stand-alones in the coming year, one because it wants to and the other because it has to.

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FDA Watch: Agency Clears the Way for Approval of Blood-Based PSA Test

FDA Watch: Agency Clears the Way for Approval of Blood-Based PSA Test

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) recommends that men age 55 to 65 consider prostate cancer screening. The reason it doesn’t directly recommend testing for all men in this age group is that current screening methods that rely on detecting high levels of

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