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Vermillion Retains Investment Bank to Evaluate 'Strategic Alternatives'

Jul 14, 2008

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Vermillion said today that it has tapped investment bank ThinkPanmure to help it identify and evaluate “strategic alternatives” for maximizing shareholder value.

Vermillion said it plans to work with ThinkPanmure on ways to “enhance the potential” of its OVA1 and VASCLIR proteomic tests and its pipeline of proprietary biomarkers, but added that “no assurances can be given that this evaluation will lead to any specific action or transaction.”

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