GE Made Moves to Acquire Amersham, Paper Said

Oct 09, 2003

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (GenomeWeb News) - General Electric is believed to have made an early overture to acquire Amersham -- one day after Amersham announced on its website that it had received a possible takeover bid.

The Wall Street Journal today reported that "people familiar with the situation" said GE made a preliminary approach to acquire Amersham.

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