Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators likely to block Illumina, Grail deal – sources

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There are doubts whether concessions offered by Illumina last week to address the European Commission’s concerns about the $8 billion cash-and-stock deal will boost competition, the people said.

The concessions include royalty-free global licences for some of its patents and a three-year patent truce with Chinese rival BGI in Europe.