Mergers and acquisitions – Page 7
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BusinessLonza to buy capsule manufacturer in $5.5bn deal
Swiss pharma firm looks to strengthen its position as world’s biggest drug manufacturing subcontractor
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BusinessPharmaceutical industry roundup of 2016
Controversial approvals and price clashes characterised 2016 in pharma
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BusinessPfizer pulls back on UK and Ireland facilities
€400 million manufacturing plant expansion cancelled and two facilities to close
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BusinessOCP to invest $3.7bn in Ethiopian fertiliser plant
Output from joint venture between Ethiopian government and Moroccan state phosphate group will exceed domestic demand
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BusinessEU scrutinises Syngenta–ChemChina union
European commission investigates competition concerns in agricultural megamerger
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BusinessAstraZeneca sheds multiple drugs
Spate of licensing deals for non-core products as firm further tightens R&D focus
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BusinessIndia’s Intas bags UK and Irish generics
Teva sheds former Actavis business to satisfy competition requirements of its Allergan generics takeover
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BusinessPfizer to sell Hospira Infusion Systems to ICU Medical
$1bn deal brings together medical device units, as Pfizer focuses on Hospira’s biosimilars and generics
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BusinessLilly to buy Boehringer’s pet vaccines
Deal strengthens Lilly’s animal medicine division following recent acquisition
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BusinessLanxess to buy Chemtura for additives
€2.4 billion deal brings lubricant additives and flame retardants expertise and expands North American operations
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BusinessPfizer scraps plans to split
Previously separated ‘innovative’ and ‘value’ business segments will remain autonomous under Pfizer umbrella
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BusinessUS senators examine agrochem consolidation
Judiciary committee voices concern over pending merger deals
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BusinessAcquisition spree moves Allergan towards innovative drugs
Company acquires five companies in six weeks across three disease areas
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BusinessJ&J to buy Abbott Medical Optics
Deal adds laser surgery and cataract lens replacements to J&J’s eyecare business
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BusinessDanaher boosts diagnostics with Cepheid buyout
$4bn deal strengthens Danaher’s life sciences portfolio
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BusinessFertiliser firms Agrium and PotashCorp to merge
Canadian combination will create one of the largest crop nutrient companies in the world.
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BusinessBayer to buy seed giant Monsanto
$66bn deal follows agrochemical consolidation trend, but could threaten competition and hit R&D
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BusinessPfizer to buy Astrazeneca’s antibiotics
Deal tops up Pfizer’s late-stage development pipeline, but AZ will retain biological programmes