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Waltham biotech in hostile $1.6b bid

Inverness aiming to derail deal for Calif. diagnostics maker

By Stephen Heuser
Globe Staff / April 6, 2007

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In a fresh bidding war in the life-science industry, Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. of Waltham launched a hostile offer to buy a California company for $1.6 billion, potentially snatching it away from California instrumentation giant Beckman Coulter Inc. (Full article: 675 words)

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