Molecular Diagnostic Firms Curetis And OpGen Announce Merger

The combination of the molecular diagnostic companies is structured as an acquisition of Curetis by OpGen. The merged companies will be a based in the US.

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Gaithersburg, MD-based OpGen Inc. and Amsterdam-based Curetis NV plan to merge to become a transatlantic molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics company focused on infectious disease and microbial resistance, the companies announced on 4 September.

In a combined presentation to investors, the companies said the rationale for the merger is to establish a leading precision medicine business with a broad portfolio of

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