The Health Care M&A Monthly: Second Quarter M&A Results–

Health Care Industry Posts 243 Deals Worth $73.7 Billion   The health care merger and acquisition market posted strong results for the second quarter of 2011, recording increases in both deal and dollar volume as compared with the previous and the year-ago quarters....

The Health Care M&A Monthly: Takeda Buys Nycomed–

Pays $13.6 Billion To Buy Into Emerging Markets   After coyly denying its intentions for a few weeks, Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. (T: 4502) announced that it is buying Nycomed from its private equity owners for €9.6 billion ($13.6 billion). Based in Switzerland,...