When federal regulators last week approved Digene Corp.'s cervical cancer test as a primary screening tool for women over 30, they catapulted what had been a follow-up test into direct competition ...

Digene Corp. of Gaithersburg will pay a New York biotechnology company at least $30.5 million to settle a patent-infringement lawsuit involving technology used in its leading product, the only ...

Digene Corp., a Gaithersburg-based maker of diagnostic tests, announced yesterday the termination of its merger with Cytyc Corp. The decision was widely expected after the Federal Trade Commission ...

The Gaithersburg company that makes the only approved test for the virus that causes cervical cancer is taking its message out of doctors’ offices and into homes nationwide. Digene Corp. is launching ...

Facing increased competition for its main product – the HPV Test – and questions about its plans for growth, Gaithersburg’s Digene Corp. agreed yesterday to be acquired by a foreign company in a $1.6 ...

Qiagen, a Dutch manufacturer of genetic testing equipment, announced Sunday it will purchase Digene Corp. for $1.6 billion in cash and stock. Digene produces DNA and RNA screening tests for cervical ...

Digene Corp., a maker of molecular diagnostic tests and rival of Third Wave Technologies Inc. in Madison, has agreed to be acquired by Qiagen NV of Venlo, Netherlands, which also specializes in ...

Shares of Digene, a maker of DNA and RNA tests, sizzled on Monday after it announced that Netherlands-based Qiagen would purchase the company in a $1.6 billion deal. Digene is best known for a test to ...

QIAGEN N.V. and Digene Corp. have announced a definitive agreement to combine the two companies to create market- and technology-leadership in molecular diagnostics. The Boards of Directors of both ...

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The diagnostic firm Digene Corp. is raising $56 million in gross proceeds by way of a public offering announced after Wednesday's market close. Management at the Gaithersburg, Md.-based company ...