Mergers and acquisitions – Page 15
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Forest Labs buys Furiex for bowel drug
Firm will immediately sell on other assets to Royalty Pharma
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$25bn-plus trade sharpens pharma giants’ focus
Novartis’ asset swaps with GSK and Eli Lilly are the latest steps in an ongoing streamlining process
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Sun set on Ranbaxy rescue
Acquiring beleaguered firm will create India’s biggest pharmaceutical company
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Pharma giants plan new public–private collaborations
AstraZeneca and GSK will partner with UK academics to work on early drug discovery
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Baxter aims to divide and conquer
Firm will split off its biopharmaceuticals business from medical products
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Minerals Technologies wins tussle over Amcol
US firm outbids European rival Imerys for polymer and speciality minerals supplier
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Bayer agrees seed firm takeover in Argentina
Bayer CropScience seeks to grow South American seed business
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Evonik acquires US silicic acid ester supplier
German chemicals giant expand functional silane production in the US with Silbond purchase
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Megamerger brings Actavis into R&D race
$25bn Forest Labs takeover will see generics giant take on patented products
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Generics give injectables a shot
A rash of recent acquisitions sees generics companies eager to enter speciality manufacturing market
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Merck & Co doubles up on Ablynx research deal
Cancer nanobody R&D partnership could be worth €1.7 billion
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Jazz spending spree has ups and downs
Aerial sells Jazz rights to sleeping sickness drug but Gentium shareholders put brakes on earlier deal
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Thermo Fisher to sell three analytical divisions to GE Healthcare
Deal will help the firm complete its ongoing takeover of Life Technologies
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Kemira now water-based after formic acid sale
Business sold to US agrichemical for €140 million