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Roche Steps Up Pressure in Illumina Bid Battle

04.04.2012 - Roche stepped up pressure on Illumina shareholders in its battle to take over the U.S. gene sequencing company, telling them in a letter that its increased $6.7 billion bid...

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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...

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Roche Extends Illumina Bid Again

26.03.2012 - Roche extended its $5.7 billion cash bid for U.S. gene decoder Illumina for a second time as the Swiss drugmaker sticks to its tried and tested M&A strategy of playing a long game...

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Genome Study Brings Blood Cancer Into Sharp Focus

24.03.2011 - Scientists have mapped out the full genetic code of 38 people with multiple myeloma, uncovering never-before suspected genes that play a role in the blood cancer and showing that a...