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Abano Announces Potential Merger

June 13, 2005

Listed healthcare and medical services company, Abano Healthcare Group, announced that its diagnostics sector, Abano Diagnostics, is in preliminary discussions with Sonic Healthcare to merge its Wellington, New Zealand, community pathology practice and Sonic's Hutt Valley based community practice.

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