Abbott bolsters diagnostics portfolio with up to $23 billion buyout of Exact Sciences
Nov 20 (Reuters) - Abbott ABT.N said on Thursday it would buy cancer test maker Exact Sciences EXAS.O in up to $23 billion deal, bolstering the medical device maker's diagnostics business. (Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan and Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar) ((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com;))
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