All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 9
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BusinessDow and DuPont mega-merger heralds break-up of giants
New firm will split itself in speciality, agrichemical and materials businesses with R&D taking a hit from cost savings
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Heptares takes on new partners for drug discovery
Firm set to receive over $1bn from research partnerships
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Perrigo nabs US rights to AZ Crohn’s drug
Irish generics maker evades Mylan takeover bid and expands gastroenterology portfolio
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Dow ditches older herbicides
Gowan will acquire Dow’s entire dinitroaniline herbicide portfolio
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BusinessMerger creates new gases giant
Air Liquide will buy Airgas in a $13 billion deal to become the world’s biggest industrial gases supplier
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BusinessPfizer and Allergan agree mega-merger
$160 billion deal allows Pfizer to escape US tax system by re-homing in Ireland
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AstraZeneca to buy ZS Pharma for ion-balance drugs
$2.7 billion deal anticipates regulatory success for drug candidate under review
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Samsung to sell chemicals businesses to Lotte
Korean conglomerate Lotte will pay £1.7 billion for stake in Samsung’s chemicals businesses
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Dow backs off of Kuwaiti joint ventures
EQUATE will acquire MEGlobal as part of Dow’s restructuring of its Kuwaiti joint ventures
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Shire to buy rare disease specialist Dyax
Deal includes an already-approved drug for angioedema and an experimental antibody treatment
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Bristol-Myers Squibb to buy Cardioxyl for heart drug
Deal worth up to $2bn gives BMS full rights to Phase II clinical candidate
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BMS agrees $1.7bn immuno-oncology collaboration
Deal strengthens cancer antibody alliance with Five Prime Therapeutics
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Amgen expands cardiovascular portfolio with Dezima acquisition
Amgen’s $300 million purchase of Dutch biotech gives the company the potential to offer more varied treatment options to lower cholesterol
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BusinessMerger fever sweeps pharma
The life sciences sector has been gripped by a mergers and acquisition frenzy, and it looks set to continue. But what does it mean for the industry?
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Syngenta to sell off seed business after failed Monsanto takeover
Syngenta to restore shareholder confidence following a series of failed takeover bids by Monsanto
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Novartis to buy experimental MS drug from GSK in $1bn deal
Deal will help to bolster Novartis’s pipeline for neurological disorder treatments
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Syngenta fends off Monsanto takeover bid
Unmoving objection to merger leads US giant to drop pursuit
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Shire makes hostile bid for Baxalta
Recently spun-out from Baxter, Baxalta is resisting the deal, saying it wants time to prove its true value
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Grabbing slices of the immuno-oncology pie
Another spate of immuno-oncology dealmaking adds to fervour in pharma’s ‘hottest space’