深圳华大基因完成对美国Complete Genomics的收购

中国深圳和美国加州山景城，2013年3月18日—国际领先基因科技机构深圳华大基因（华大基因）今日宣布通过其全资子公司BetaAcquisitionCorporation，已经成功完成对人类全基因组精准测序的创新领导者CompleteGenomics（前纳斯达克代码：GNOM）的收购。

华大基因以现金收购要约形式按每股3.15美元购得Complete公司所有流通股股权，并在2013年3月18日完成简化式兼并。

Complete将作为华大基因的全资子公司进行运营，同时在多种平台上提供丰富的基因组学研究技术。CliffordReid博士将继续担任Complete的首席执行官。公司将不再使用股票代码：GNOM。

华大基因的CEO王俊博士表示，“我们很高兴与Complete强强联手，我们非常看重Complete科研人才的价值和其所做的工作。我们的基因组研究将得益于Complete拥有的完整和精准的人类全基因组测序技术。我们期待双方共同协作来促进创新生物学研究、医疗保健和其他相关领域的不断进步。”

“Complete和华大基因拥有共同的愿景–我们都相信全基因组测序将为临床医药的发展带来革命性的变化，”Reid博士说道，“我希望在2020年之前，全世界的医生都能够根据每位病人特有的基因构成提供治疗建议和方案，并把它列为常规的诊疗程序。”

顾问

　　华大基因的交易顾问由花旗集团担任，法律顾问为美迈斯律师事务所 （O’Melveny & Myers LLP）。Complete的交易顾问为投资银行杰富瑞（Jefferies & Company）， 法律顾问由美国瑞生律师事务所（ Latham & Watkins） 担任。

关于Complete

　　Complete通过其领先的测序服务的模式，提供了现今最精确的人类全基因组学技术。Complete拥有易用、高效的先进的信息及分析系统，它为更好地了解疾病的预防、诊断和治疗提供了所必须的基因信息。如需了解更多关于Complete的信息，请访问http://www.completegenomics.com。

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