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LabCorp builds up specialty testing unit with $241M MEDTOX acquisition

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) is set to acquire toxicology testing company MEDTOX Scientific (NASDAQ:MTOX) for $241 million as the laboratory testing and diagnostics firm builds out its specialty testing offerings. The definitive merger agreement calls for LabCorp to acquire MEDTOX for $27 per share in cash. That represents a 37 percent premium over MEDTOX’s $19.70 closing price […]

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University of Minnesota licenses lupus test to LabCorp

The University of Minnesota has licensed a test for lupus to Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE:LH). Developed by Emily Baechler Gillespie, an assistant professor of medicine at the university's medical school, the test can help doctors proactively treat symptoms of lupus, a painful autoimmune disease.