Illumina Remains Committed To Grail Merger Despite Regulators' Doubts
Executive Summary
Illumina insists its proposed $8bn acquisition of Grail, the developer of the Galleri multi-cancer test, would be “pro-competitive.” But antitrust regulators in the US government and European Commission suspect the deal would reduce competition and innovation in the future genomic diagnostics market.
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