Mergers and acquisitions – Page 16

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$25bn-plus trade sharpens pharma giants’ focus

2014-04-25T00:00:00Z

Novartis’ asset swaps with GSK and Eli Lilly are the latest steps in an ongoing streamlining process
Business
Sun set on Ranbaxy rescue

2014-04-09T00:00:00Z

Acquiring beleaguered firm will create India’s biggest pharmaceutical company
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Pharma giants plan new public–private collaborations

2014-04-03T00:00:00Z

AstraZeneca and GSK will partner with UK academics to work on early drug discovery
Business
Baxter aims to divide and conquer

2014-03-28T00:00:00Z

Firm will split off its biopharmaceuticals business from medical products
Business
Minerals Technologies wins tussle over Amcol

2014-03-14T00:00:00Z

US firm outbids European rival Imerys for polymer and speciality minerals supplier
Business
Bayer agrees seed firm takeover in Argentina

2014-03-07T00:00:00Z

Bayer CropScience seeks to grow South American seed business
Business
Evonik acquires US silicic acid ester supplier

2014-03-05T00:00:00Z

German chemicals giant expand functional silane production in the US with Silbond purchase
Business
Megamerger brings Actavis into R&D race

2014-02-25T00:00:00Z

$25bn Forest Labs takeover will see generics giant take on patented products
Business
Generics give injectables a shot

2014-02-06T00:00:00Z

A rash of recent acquisitions sees generics companies eager to enter speciality manufacturing market
Business
Merck & Co doubles up on Ablynx research deal

2014-02-04T00:00:00Z

Cancer nanobody R&D partnership could be worth €1.7 billion
Business
Science software supplier goes 3D

2014-01-30T00:00:00Z

3D modelling expert Dassault Systèmes to buy Accelrys
Business
Actavis sells off Chinese subsidiary

2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

Generics firm retreats from ‘risky’ Chinese market
Business
Jazz spending spree has ups and downs

2014-01-27T00:00:00Z

Aerial sells Jazz rights to sleeping sickness drug but Gentium shareholders put brakes on earlier deal
Business
Thermo Fisher to sell three analytical divisions to GE Healthcare

2014-01-08T00:00:00Z

Deal will help the firm complete its ongoing takeover of Life Technologies
Business
All hail shale

2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Chemical industry roundup 2013
Business
Weathering the storm

2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pharmaceutical industry roundup 2013
Business
Kemira now water-based after formic acid sale

2013-12-24T00:00:00Z

Business sold to US agrichemical for €140 million
Business
AstraZeneca shells out $4.1bn for diabetes business

2013-12-20T00:00:00Z

Bristol-Myers Squibb exits the diabetes field with plans to become a specialised biopharmaceutical company
Business
Merck KGaA snaps up electronic materials specialist

2013-12-05T00:00:00Z

Firm looks to bolster R&D by acquiring AZ Electronic Materials
Business
Celgene buys into anticancer antibodies

2013-12-04T00:00:00Z

Partners with OncoMed in a deal worth up to $3.3bn