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Deals Shaping the Medical Industry (03/2009)

The dealmaking column is a survey of recent transactions, including strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions, and financings, in the life sciences industries. Deals are listed by the following industry sectors: in vitro diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and research/analytical instrumentation and reagents. All transactions are excerpted from Windhover's Strategic Transactions Database, providing comprehensive transaction coverage from 1991 to the present.

/In Vitro Diagnostics

Diagnostics company Health Discovery Corp. has granted Abbott Molecular exclusive worldwide rights (including a sublicense option) to develop and commercialize its tissue- and urine-based tests for prostate cancer. (Feb.)...

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