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More IVD Mergers: Agilent Buys Resolution, Hologic Acquires Diagenode

 
• By Reed Miller

Hologic made its third big acquisition of 2021 and Agilent agreed to pay up to $695m for Resolution Bioscience to extend its precision oncology capabilities.

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Agilent Technologies and Hologic added two more deals to the growing list of major acquisitions in the in vitro diagnostics market in 2021.

On 2 March, Agilent announced a definitive agreement to buy Resolution Bioscience for $550m in cash and up to

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