Roche offers $5.7 billion to buy gene firm Illumina
The logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf near Bern November 17, 2010.
(Reuters) - Roche Holding AG is offering $5.7 billion in cash to buy U.S. gene sequencing company Illumina Inc in an unfriendly takeover bid that marks a major play by the Swiss drugmaker into the gene technology field.
Credit: Reuters/Pascal Lauener
Sakthi Prasad
Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:41am EST
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