The initial government analysis had found that 229 cases, representing 8.7% of all denovo ICD implants for primary prevention between 2003 and 2010, did not warrant coverage.
Bank of America could sweeten its bid, but some analysts who were already opposed to the deal think it should build its own branches there without a merger, what bankers call a "de novo" strategy.
For example, a recent (2007) study by Sebat et al. found a clear link between ASD and denovo copy number variation (de novo mutations are those that arise for the first time in the children).