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Sekisui Gets Rival Diagnostics Firm
by Jean-François Tremblay
November 30, 2015
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 93, Issue 47
Sekisui Chemical will pay $183 million to the Japanese drug firm Eisai to buy its Eidia unit, a provider of clinical diagnostic reagents, clinical analyzers, and laboratory reagents used in the treatment of cancer and rheumatism. Sekisui already has a diagnostic business concentrated on diabetes, blood disorders, hyperlipidemia, and infectious diseases. After the acquisition, Sekisui intends to promote Eidia’s products internationally. Traditionally a producer of plastics and residential homes, Sekisui is seeking to boost its life sciences business.
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