TriPath Agrees to $350M BD Acquisition; Deal Slated to Close in Q4

Sep 08, 2006

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - TriPath Imaging said today that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Becton, Dickinson, under which BD will acquire the 93.5 percent of outstanding TriPath shares that it does not currently own in a deal worth approximately $350 million.

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