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Ciphergen stockholders approve sale of proteomics instrument business to Bio-Rad Laboratories

Published in Biotech Business Week, November 27th, 2006

Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. (CIPH) announced that is has received stockholder approval to sell its proprietary proteomics instrument business to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (BIO).

Bio-Rad will purchase this business for approximately $20 million in cash. In addition, Bio-Rad will make a $3 million equity investment in Ciphergen. Ciphergen expects to close the transaction on or before November 1, 2006.

"With the approval of the sale of the instrument business, Ciphergen completes its transition into a specialty diagnostics company and is well-positioned to bring high-value molecular diagnostics to physicians and their patients," said Gail S. Page,...

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