EU Rejects Illumina Acquisition Of Grail

The European Union’s antitrust commission blocked the re-acquisition of Grail by Illumina days after an FTC administrative law judge ruled in favor of the merger in the US.

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The European Union’s antitrust regulators have blocked a planned merger between genetic sequencing company Illumina, Inc. and cancer detection test manufacturer Grail, Inc.

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