BioMérieux, a medtech firm based in France, is to acquire US rival BioFire, a spin-out of the University of Utah, for $450m. Launched 20 years ago, the Salt Lake City-based BioFire specialises in producing FilmArray, a medical diagnostics kit which can identify 20 bacterial and viral infections in one hour. As part of the deal,…

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