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Variagenics Turns Away Acacia, Moves Ahead With Hyseq Deal

Jan. 22, 2003

Spurning an eleventh-hour suitor that made an offer last week, diagnostic testing firm Variagenics Inc. said its board wants to go ahead with the previously planned merger with Hyseq Inc. (BioWorld Today)

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