Roche to Acquire Outstanding Shares of Foundation Medicine for $2.4B

Jun 19, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Roche will acquire the remainder of Foundation Medicine for $2.4 billion in cash, the companies said today.

Roche already owned about 57 percent of Foundation's outstanding common stock, following a tender offer in 2015.

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