Another Deal Dashed For QLT?

Ophthalmology company InSite Vision is opting to take an all-cash bid from an undisclosed bidder than go through with its merger with Canadian biotech QLT – resulting in a second deal that the biotech can't get done.

InSite announced Aug. 21 that its board of directors had determined that the 25 cents per share offer from an...

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