A staffer works on a magnetic resonance imaging machine at a production line of Siemens Healthineers in Shenzhen, China May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMUNICH/FRANKFURT, Nov 3 (Reuters) - German medical equipment maker Siemens Healthineers (SHLG.DE) is in the early stages of weighing options for its diagnostics business, which has little overlap with other units, a person familiar with the situation told Reuters. The review could lead to a sale of the unit but all options remain open, the source said. The diagnostics business is also in the middle of restructuring. The listed Siemens subsidiary ranks number two worldwide behind Swiss Roche (ROG.S) in the business of laboratory lines for blood tests.

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Persons: Bobby Yip, Alexander Huebner, Victoria Farr, Utkarsh, Bill Berkrot, Jason Neely Organizations: Siemens, REUTERS, Reuters, Bloomberg, Swiss Roche, Thomson Locations: Shenzhen, China, FRANKFURT, Swiss, Munich, Emma, Frankfurt, Bengaluru