Decode Buys Cancer Research Firm UVS for $5.5M in Stock

Jan 18, 2006

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (GenomeWeb News) - Decode Genetics has bought Urdur, Verdandi, Skuld, a privately held Icelandic cancer research company, to expand its discovery and drug development capabilities based on population genetics, Decode said today.

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