UPDATE 1-Abbott's Alere resolves U.S. diagnostic device probe for $33.2 mln
March 23, 2018 at 14:44 PM EDT
BOSTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Alere Inc has agreed to pay $33.2 million to resolve claims it knowingly sold unreliable diagnostic testing devices to hospitals prior to its acquisition by Abbott Laboratories last year, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.