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• GE to Invest $1 Billion in Cancer R&D Over Five Years

• BioSystems Marks 30 Years of Commitment to Healthcare

• 3M Enters Development and Licensing Agreement with Lumora

• PerkinElmer to Acquire Caliper Life Sciences for $600 Million

• Siemens and Nephromics to Develop Preeclampsia Diagnostic Assays

• Clarient and Biocept Commercialize Test for Circulating Tumor Cells

• BD and Biodiversity Collaborate on Molecular Diagnostic Menu

• Sequenom and LifeCodexx Partner to Commercialize Prenatal Laboratory Testing

• Analytica Anacon India to Showcase Latest Products and Technologies

• VitaPath and Alere Partner to Develop Molecular Diagnostics

• Increase in Elderly Population Drives IVD Market

• First European Lab Automation Conference Convenes in Hamburg

• OraSure Technologies to Purchase DNA Genotek for US$53 Million

• bioMérieux Acquires Molecular Diagnostics Provider Argene

• Thermo Fisher Scientific Buys TREK Diagnostic Systems, Enhances Product Portfolio

• Roche Acquires mtm laboratories, Broadening Cervical Cancer Testing Capabilities

• World Market for HAI Diagnostics and Products Forecast at US$10.3 Billion by 2015

• Quest Diagnostics and Genomic Vision Collaborate on New Genome-Based Clinical Testing Services

• Abnova and Ardic Instruments Collaborate on Fiber-Optic Protein Quantification System

• Metamark Genetics and Definiens Form Partnership to Develop Cancer Diagnostics

• ImmucorGamma to Be Acquired by Private Investment Firm for US$1.973 Billion

• Allegro Diagnostics in Licensing Agreement with Universities

• BRIC Countries Outperform Rest of the World in IVD Sales Growth