Pharmaceuticals
Abbott to buy rapid diagnostic testing provider Alere for $5.8 bn
02 Feb 2016
The acquisition will enable Abbott to become the leading provider of point of care diagnostic testing with total sales exceeding $7 billion from $4.6 billion currently
Theranos under increasing regulatory fire
29 Jan 2016
US regulators have found serious shortcomings at a medical laboratory run by Theranos, the latest in a series of setbacks for the blood testing start-up founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes
