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Nanogen to Merge with Private French Diagnostics Firm
Nanogen, Inc. (San Diego, CA, USA) has announced that it will merge with the private French company Elitech. The combination will create a global provider of products to the molecular, point-of-care, clinical chemistry, and microbiology diagnostics markets with expected first year revenues of more than US$150 million. More...28 Aug 2008
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