FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stephen M. Monroe, Partner Sanford B. Steever, Editor 800-248-1668 203-846-6800 Fax: 203-846-8300 pressreleases@levinassociates.com NORWALK, CT –January 16, 2009 – During 2008 and based on preliminary results, a total of 973 mergers and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stephen M. Monroe, Partner Gretchen S. Swanson, Associate Editor 800-248-1668 203-846-6800 Fax: 203-846-8300 pressreleases@levinassociates.com Norwalk, CT – January 14, 2009—After five years of annual increases in the amount of venture...
150 Deals Announced Worth $93.7 Billion In a year otherwise fraught with financial volatility, the Biotechnology industry outperformed many other sectors in the economy. Take stock prices, for example. Biotech heavy hitters Genentech (NYSE: DNA) and Amgen (NASDAQ:...
Third-Largest Year Ever In The Health Care Industry Based on figures revealed to date, the health care industry posted a total of 973 mergers and acquisitions in 2008. This is the third-largest amount in the five-year period from 2004 through 2008 (see page 20 of...
24 Buyers Spent Over $1.0 Billion Apiece On M&A Email this article to a friend Email Editor We have observed in the past that buyers and sellers in the merger and acquisition market tend to use the period from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day to wrap up...
King Bids $1.6 Billion To Enhance Its Pain Franchise Email this article to a friend Email Editor Despite turmoil in the credit markets, the big deal has not gone the way of the dinosaur. Just before Thanksgiving, King Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: KG) finally nailed down...