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Bayer to acquire Schiff Nutrition

November 4, 2012
Sales and Marketing Bayer, mergers and acquisitions

Bayer HealthCare is to buy US-based vitamins and nutritional supplements firm Schiff Nutrition International for $1.2 billion.The deal is part …

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GSK

GSK’s bid for Human Genome Sciences rejected

April 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing Benlysta, GSK, Human Genome Sciences, mergers and acquisitions

GlaxoSmithKline has launched a takeover bid for Human Genome Sciences for around $2.5 billion, but has been rejected by the …

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Severin Schwann

Roche abandons Illumina takeover bid

April 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, Illumina, Roche, mergers and acquisitions

Roche has conceded defeat in its bid to buy Illumina, after shareholders of the diagnostics firm blocked the takeover – …

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Roche

Roche changes raise Novartis takeover question

March 29, 2011
Sales and Marketing Novartis, Roche, mergers and acquisitions

Roche could be vulnerable to a takeover from its Swiss rival Novartis after changes in its boardroom. The Roche family …

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Sanofi extends Genzyme share deal deadline

December 14, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi, Sanofi-Aventis, mergers and acquisitions, pharma acquisitions

Sanofi-Aventis has extended the deadline to acquire Genzyme after the US biotech’s shareholders have so far proved immune to its …

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Celgene completes Abraxis takeover

October 15, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abraxane, Abraxis, Celgene, mergers and acquisitions, oncology

Celgene has completed its acquisition of Abraxis BioScience for cash and stock totalling $2.9 billion. The takeover gives the cancer …

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