Mergers and acquisitions – Page 18

Business
Zoetis IPO launches at $2.2bn

2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pfizer spin off will be a big player among a relatively small number of public companies focusing on animal heatlh
Business
Allergan buys MAP for $958m

2013-01-25T00:00:00Z

Deal strengthens Allergan’s position in neurology with Levadex for treating migraine
Business
OM Group to exit cobalt business

2013-01-24T00:00:00Z

Deal worth up to $435 million includes downstream activities, in particular cobalt refining in Kokkola, Finland
Business
BASF ups Pronova bid

2013-01-16T00:00:00Z

Pronova BioPharma specialises in omega-3 fatty acids
Business
Illumina investment push

2013-01-08T00:00:00Z

$450 million deal for privately owned US firm Verinata Health, which makes chromosomal tests
Feature
2012 chemical industry review

2013-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was a mixed year for the sector
Business
Clariant sells business bundle for CHF500m

2013-01-03T00:00:00Z

Textile, paper and emulsion businesses to go to US investment firm
Business
2012 pharma industry roundup

2013-01-03T00:00:00Z

What were the bigger stories? And how did the industry fare overall?
Business
Gilead buys YM for $510m

2012-12-20T00:00:00Z

Deal gives Gilead access to Janus kinase inhibitor CYT387 for the treatment of myelofibrosis
Business
AkzoNobel sells $1bn chunk of paints business

2012-12-20T00:00:00Z

North American decorative paints business was responsible for 7% of total AkzoNobel sales in 2011, amounting to $1.5 billion
Business
Baxter to pay $4bn for dialysis firm

2012-12-06T00:00:00Z

Gambro makes products for hemodialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy
Business
GSK expands in India and Nigeria

2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

Company has struck deals to increase ownership of subsidiaries
Business
Schiff seals deal with Reckitt

2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

Boards approves $1.4 billion Reckitt offer as Bayer pulls out of running
Business
BASF bids €664m for omega-3 company

2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

Pronova BioPharma makes pharmaceutical ingredients as well as nutritional supplements based in omega-3 fatty acids
Business
Reckitt steps into Schiff deal

2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

Higher bid could sink Bayer’s $1.2bn attempt to buy vitamins and nutritional supplements company
Business
Sherwin-Williams to acquire Comex for $2.3bn

2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

US paints giant expands into Mexico
Business
DSM buys food ingredients firm

2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

$634 million deal for Fortitech will expand ‘value chain presence’
Business
Takeda buys Envoy for $140m

2012-11-07T00:00:00Z

The small US biotech will boost Takeda’s drug discovery efforts
Business
Bayer spends $1.2bn on supplement maker

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Schiff nutrition will strengthen Bayer in the US
Business
Bankruptcy for US Li ion battery maker

2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Johnson Controls to buy the automotive business of A123 Systems for $125 million