SAO PAULO- Brazilian lab chain Fleury SA has reached a deal to acquire lab company Marcelo Magalhaes Diagnosticos for 384.5 million reais ($70.12 million), it said in a securities filing on Monday.

The deal will increase Fleury's footprint in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco to 31 patient service centers.

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