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Illumina fined EUR432 million euros in EU for ‘gun jumping’ on Grail deal

US life-sciences giant Illumina has today received a record fine of 432 million euros (around $475 million) from the European Commission as a punishment for implementing its Grail acquisition without waiting for EU approval. Grail must pay a fine of 1,000 euros (see here).
The EU competition regulator concluded that

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