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April 23, 2012 Issue:
Recent Health Care M&A Deals
First Quarter M&A Results–
2011 Saw A total of 249 Deals Worth $34.0 Billion
Spotlight on: Biotechnology
Conference Calendar
Recent Health Care M&A Deals
Biotechnology
Acquirer
Target
Price
GlaxoSmithKline plc
Respiratory strategic alliance (Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.)
$1.16 billion
www.gsk.com
www.fiveprime.com
Merck & Co.
Agreement to develop Vintafolide cancer drug candidate (Endocyte, Inc.)
$1.0 billion
www.merck.com
www.endocyte.com
Pharmaceuticals
Acquirer
Target
Price
www.piramalhealthcare.com
www.bayer.com
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Mexican generic drug portfolio (Atlantis Pharma)
$71.0 million
www.valeant.com
http://atlantis-pharma.com/web/
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rights to VLY-686 (Eli Lilly & Co.)
$100.0 million
www.vandapharma.com
www.lilly.com
Other
Acquirer
Target
Price
SXC Health Solutions
Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.
$4.4 billion
www.sxc.com
www.chsi.com
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First Quarter M&A Results–
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 billion. While the nine services sectors garnered the majority of the deal volume, the four technology sectors took the lion’s share of dollar volume…….Read more
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Spotlight on: Biotechnology
In March’s largest biotech deal, the Belgian firm ThromboGenics NV (Euronext: THR) is entering into an agreement with Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) for the commercialization of ocriplasmin outside of the United States. This product candidate is indicated for the treatment of symptomatic VMA……..Read more
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