Although not nearly as robust as several years ago (that’s an understatement), venture capital is still flowing into biotech and specialty pharma companies, just not like in the past. In October, two companies trying to develop novel approaches to dermatological...
Snatches Life Sciences Firm From Thermo Fisher Merger Monday, the first day of March, brought us the news that Germany’s Merck KGaA (DE: MRCG) would acquire the American life sciences company Millipore Corp. (NYSE: MIL) for $7.2 billion. While this deal will give MRCG...
A Total Of 249 Deals Announced Worth $34.0 Billion The first quarter of 2012 saw a strong merger and acquisition market in the health care industry. Based on preliminary figures, a total of 249 deals were announced in 13 sectors worth a combined total of $34.0...
Being profitable doesn’t make a division all that valuable, it appears. In the wake of its $3.72 billion acquisition of Gen-Probe (NASDAQ: GPRO) last year, Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX) began cleaning house in order to pay its debts. One result: Immucor, Inc. agreed to...
Seventeen Transactions Announced Worth $1.4 Billion The health care merger and acquisition market for January 2010 generated a total of 70 deals with a combined value of $5.4 billion. As we have come to expect, the four sectors of the health care technology segment...
Captures 21 Percent Of M&A Dollars In Q4:09 Private equity groups have felt the pain of the Credit Crunch just as keenly as other businesses, if not more so. When they undertook leveraged buyouts in the past, they would often pony up a modest amount of their own...