Exact Sciences is suing a St. Louis company that has developed a stool-based colon cancer test to compete against Cologuard, alleging infringement of a key patent on how fecal samples are collected and processed.
Exact Sciences sues maker of rival colon cancer test over Cologuard patent
- DAVID WAHLBERG
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Exact Sciences' research and development lab is located at University Research Park in Madison.
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