Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories’ acquisition of Madison-based Exact Sciences for $23 billion — the largest business investment in the city’s history — has reached the finish line.
EXACT SCIENCES | ABBOTT LABS’ OWNERSHIP DEAL
Abbott Labs completes acquisition of Madison’s Exact Sciences for $23 billion
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Exact Sciences' corporate headquarters is along Whitney Way, in the UW-Madison Research Park. Since moving to Madison in 2009, the maker of the Cologuard colorectal cancer and precancerous home testing kit has grown from 19 employees to 7,200 employees — half of whom are in Wisconsin, primarily in Dane County.
Exact Sciences' corporate headquarters is along Whitney Way, in the UW-Madison Research Park. Since moving to Madison in 2009, the maker of the Cologuard colorectal cancer and precancerous home testing kit has grown from 19 employees to 7,200 employees — half of whom are in Wisconsin, primarily in Dane County.
The grant is named after James Dahlberg, whose discoveries led to the creation of Exact Sciences’ Cologuard.
Founded near Boston in 1995, the company grew to become a biotech giant largely on the strength of its Cologuard cancer screening test.
The company will maintain its presence in Madison and CEO Kevin Conroy will remain “in an advisory role,” said Zach Brandon, president of the …
The $689 Cancerguard test is designed for annual screenings for adults ages 50-84 with no known cancer diagnosis in the last three years.Â
For almost 36 years, the astronomy department has run Space Place as a hub for guest lectures on space and astronomy research, as well as for …
Wisconsin’s only free ferry — officially known as Colsac III — connects Highway 113 between Okee in Columbia County and Merrimac in Sauk County.
Abbott Laboratories, which purchased Exact Sciences for $23 billion in March, said the company’s cancer diagnostics business was targeted.
Abbott Laboratories, which purchased Exact Sciences for $23 billion in March, said the company’s cancer diagnostics business was targeted.
