Mergers and acquisitions – Page 4
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BusinessPharmaceuticals roundup 2017
Political influence has strongly shaped industry activity in the past year
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BusinessDuPont and Sumitomo link up for seed treatments
Firms will collaborate to develop and commercialise seed-applied technologies
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BusinessBayer forms cancer-drug partnership with Loxo
Alliance could see Loxo net up to $1.55bn in upfront and milestone payments
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BusinessChina moves in on US shale gas
Alaska and West Virginia have welcomed investment from Chinese entities to develop US shale resources
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BusinessValeant relinquishes female libido drug
Struggling firm is returning Sprout Pharmaceuticals subsidiary to original shareholders to resolve dispute over marketing
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BusinessGenerics firms Amneal and Impax to merge
Deal continues consolidation trend, based on portfolio expansion and simplifying supply chains
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BusinessNovartis to buy AAA for radioligand cancer drugs
$3.9bn deal follows European approval of Advanced Accelerator Applications’ first-in-class radionuclide drug Lutathera
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BusinessLilly and CureVac to collaborate on mRNA cancer vaccines
Deal could see CureVac net up to $1.8 billion in upfront and milestone payments
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BusinessInvestor kills planned Huntsman–Clariant merger
Merger of equals abandoned after major Clariant investor said the deal would destroy stakeholder value
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BusinessBASF to buy Bayer seeds and herbicides
€5.9bn sale will help satisfy competition regulators’ worries over Bayer–Monsanto merger
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BusinessBASF to buy Solvay’s polyamide business
€1.6bn deal covers 2400 employees at sites in Europe, Asia and the Americas
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BusinessTeva to sell off women’s health businesses for $1.4bn
Deals continue Teva’s bid to get rid of non-core businesses and raise cash to service its debts
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BusinessTeva sells off contraceptive device in $1.1bn deal
CooperSurgical to acquire Paragard as Teva seeks to offload assets
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BusinessHB Fuller targets growth with trio of deals
Adhesives manufacturer will buy one Brazilian and two US glue companies
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BusinessTakeda tightens focus on core areas with multiple deals
Japanese firm is remodelling its R&D efforts through collaboration and licensing deals, and selling off non-core businesses
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BusinessEU investigates Bayer’s Monsanto takeover plan
Commission raises concerns over reduced competition across pesticide and seed markets
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BusinessMexichem to buy Netafim in $1.5bn deal
Takeover brings Netafim’s smart irrigation technology that could be applied across other markets
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BusinessRoche offloads majority of rights to lebrikizumab
Deal with Dermira could be worth well over $1 billion
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BusinessBristol-Myers Squibb bags immunotherapy unicorn
Deal will add to pharma giant’s cancer portfolio