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Mylan to relaunch $27.1bn hostile takeover of Perrigo
September 10, 2015Sales and Marketing Mylan Perrigo, acquisitions, hostile bid, mergers, takeover
Mylan is to make yet another hostile $27.1 billion bid for Irish over the counter drug manufacturer Perrigo on Monday, …
Takeover hostilities resume between Depomed and Horizon
August 10, 2015Sales and Marketing Depomed, horizon, hostile bid, nucynta, takeover, tapentadol
The bitter takeover row between Horizon and Depomed has escalated after Depomed dismissed its suitor’s latest advances, and warned it …
Horizon attempts a hostile $3bn Depomed takeover
July 9, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Depomed, M&A, MA, acquisitions, horizon, mergers, takeover
Dublin-based specialty pharmaceutical company Horizon has launched a bid to buy Depomed for $3 billion. Horizon, a biopharma company focussed …
GSK ploughs $95m into research institute
June 17, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, acquisition, altius, merger, takeover
GlaxoSmithKline is pouring $95 million into a new US research institute to investigate how a cell’s operating system works in …
AbbVie agrees to buy Shire for £32bn
July 18, 2014Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, Shire, merger, new abbvie, takeover
Shire has accepted a £32 billion takeover deal from AbbVie after months of rejections and uncertainty. The firm, which is …
AbbVie a step closer to Shire takeover
July 14, 2014Sales and Marketing ADHD, AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, Shire, hep C, takeover
Shire is recommending a new offer from suitor AbbVie that could finally see the US giant merge with the Dublin-based …
Valeant goes hostile over Allergan hunt
June 19, 2014Sales and Marketing Allergan, Botox, Valeant, hostile, takeover
Valeant Pharmaceuticals has turned hostile in its bid to acquire Botox maker Allergan by employing strong-arm tactics in an attempt …
AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer’s ‘final offer’
May 19, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MPs, Pfizer, R&D, UK, science, takeover
AstraZeneca has this morning rejected a new bid from Pfizer that could have seen the US giant pay £69 billion …
Pfizer: ‘fewer scientists’ after merger
May 14, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Read, Soriot, UK, Willetts, merger, takeover
Pfizer’s proposed takeover of AstraZeneca would result in there being fewer scientists from both companies in the UK than currently …
Pfizer grilled by MPs – but AZ revelations shock
May 14, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AZ, Pfizer, committee, merger, takeover
The two chiefs of AstraZeneca and Pfizer went head-to-head with MPs yesterday fighting their own corners in what is an …
Wellcome Trust slams Pfizer/AstraZeneca bid
May 9, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, Read, astrazenca, emms, merger, takeover
The UK’s largest and most respected medical research charity the Wellcome Trust has warned that Pfizer’s potential takeover of AstraZeneca …
GSK raises bid for Human Genome Services
May 9, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Human Genome Services, bid, takeover
The latest round in GlaxoSmithKline’s attempt to take over Human Genome Services has begun with GSK appealing directly to the …
Amgen and Actelion meet to “talk takeover”
December 13, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Acelion, Amgen, pharma acquisitions, takeover
Amgen has met with Actelion to discuss a potential takeover but has not yet made a bid for the Swiss …
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