Deals
Agilent Buys Dako for $2.2 Billion, Biggest Acquisition Ever
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Agilent Technologies Inc., the maker of scientific-testing equipment, agreed to buy Dako, a Danish maker of cancer-diagnostics tools, for $2.2 billion in cash to expand its life-science business.
Agilent is acquiring Dako from the Swedish private-equity firm EQT Partners AB, the companies said in a statement today. The purchase is the largest in Agilent’s history.