Abbott Steps Up Effort To Abandon Alere Deal
Executive Summary
Abbott has asked a Delaware court to cancel its agreement to buy Alere for $5.8bn based on a series of financial and regulatory missteps by Alere. Alere, which earlier sued to force the merger to go through, plans to fight the suit.
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