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Qiagen buys Chinese firm

October 3, 2005 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 83, Issue 40

The Dutch nucleic acid specialist Qiagen has agreed to acquire Shenzhen PG Biotech, a Chinese developer of polymerase chain-reaction-based molecular diagnostic kits. Qiagen will buy all of PG's shares, 52% of which are held by state-owned institutions, for $14.5 million. Qiagen says the purchase is a “superb fit” with its own molecular diagnostics business. It recently acquired Artus, a German firm also focused on molecular diagnostics.

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