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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 1Q07



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Acquiring Party    Cepheid (NYSE: CPHD), molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets fully-integrated systems for genetic analysis in the clinical, industrial and biothreat markets.
Transferring Party    Sangtec Molecular Diagnostics AB, based in Sweden, develops and manufactures PCR based molecular diagnostics products.
Sector    Diagnostics
Date    February 15, 2007
Analysis
Gives Cepheid a product line for potential use in managing infections of immunocompromised patients. Deal value -- $27m on revenue of $8m (3.37x)




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