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August 13, 2012 Issue:
Recent Health Care M&A Deals
Second Quarter M&A Results–
Steady As She Goes…But The Third Quarter Starts Slowly
Spotlight on: Pharmaceuticals
Webcast Calendar
Recent Health Care M&A Deals
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE
Acquirer
Target
Price
Wellness Center USA, Inc.
CNS-Wellness LLC
$8.0 million
LABORATORIES, MRI, AND DIALYSIS
Acquirer
Target
Price
CardioNet, Inc.
CardioCORE Lab, Inc.
$23.5 Million
MEDICAL DEVICES
Acquirer
Target
Price
Airgas
Ferguson Industrial Gases and Reese Oxygen & Hydro-Testing, LLC
N/A
PHARMACEUTICALS
Acquirer
Target
Price
OPKO Health
Farmadiet Group Holding, S.L
$16.8 million; half paid upfront, other half over next 18 months
MEI Pharma
Pracinostat (S*BIO)
$500,000 of common stock to S*BIO & milestone payments of up to $75.2 million
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Second Quarter M&A Results–
Steady As She Goes…But The Third Quarter Starts Slowly
As markets continue to react to the tremendous amount of changes occurring as a result of health care reform legislation, the consolidation of the health care industry continued on a fairly steady trajectory throughout the second quarter of 2012…….Read more
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Spotlight on: Pharmaceuticals
In the largest transaction of the month, and one that certainly was not a surprise, GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) finally prevailed in its pursuit of Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI), but it took them three months to secure the deal. GSK is paying $14.25 per share, or $3.6 billion, which represents a 99% premium………..Read more
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