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| Sector | Acquiring Party | Transferring Party |
|---|---|---|
| Biopharmaceuticals | 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) | Biotrace International PLC |
| Strengthens 3M's position in providing hygiene monitoring and microbiological tests to the food, beverage and dairy sectors. Deal Value - more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Abbott (NYSE: ABT) | Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Expands Abbott's presence in lipid management market and strengthens its late-stage pipeline. The lipid management market is the single largest more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Actelion Ltd (Swiss:ATLN.SW) | CoTherix, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRX ), |
| Acquired the only approved inhaled therapy for the treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the United States. Sales are now $60m, but more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC) | IgG of America, Inc. |
| Supports ABC's strategy of building up its specialty pharmaceutical services. Deal value -- $35m plus $8.5m earnout, on revenue of $29m more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) | PLIVA d.d. (LSE: PLVD; ZSE: PLVA-R-A) |
| Creates the third largest global generic pharmaceutical company, based on revenue. The combined company will have a presence in over 30 countries and more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | The US rights to the(OTC) Zantac® product line from J&J (NYSE:JNJ) & Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) |
| Zantac will be distributed through the same retail channels as Boehringer's current Dulcolax® business. Divested in keeping with the more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) | ICOS Corporation (NASDAQ: ICOS) |
| Cialis to generate about $1b in '06 and has about a 26% US market share. Active ingredient may also treat swelling of the prostate known as BPH, more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ENDP) | RxKinetix, Inc. |
| Expands product line complementary to pain management, with new formulations of approved products for oral mucositis and other supportive care more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) | Cerexa, Inc. |
| Forest obtains worldwide development and marketing rights (excluding Japan) to two injectable antibiotics addressing hospital-borne infections and an more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | The phosphate binder business from Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Inc.( NABI) |
| Expands Fresenius' clinical therapy offerings, to better manage bone mineralization during dialysis treatment. Deal value -- $65m plus $20m in more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) | Tanox, Inc. (Nasdaq: TNOX) |
| Genentech and Tanox have been working together in collaboration with Novartis since 1996 to develop and commercialize Xolair®, an anti-IgE more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) | Raylo Chemicals Inc. |
| Will be used to scale-up clinical development candidates, for manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients for investigational and commercial more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) | Myogen, Inc. (Nasdaq:MYOG) |
| Adds late-stage product candidates addressing Gilead's growing focus on pulmonology. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) | Domantis Ltd. |
| Domantis' experimental treatments are still in preclinical development, but provide for a long-term investment, some would say "bet". more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) | Pracecis Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: PRCS) |
| Praecis' therapeutic programs and chemical-synthesis and screening technology complements Glaxo's R&D capabilities. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Graceway Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3M's branded pharmaceutical business in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada and Latin America |
| An opportunistic purchase by a private equity firm (GTCR) portfolio company, extending its offering of branded prescription products in these areas. more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Lonza Group | The Research Bioproducts and the Microbial Biopharmaceutical business units from Cambrex. |
| Accelerates Lonza's strategic shift towards life sciences. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Mayne Pharma Ltd. (ASX: MYP) | Worldwide rights to Nipent® from SuperGen Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPG) |
| Strengthens Mayne's oncology focus across Europe. Deal price -- more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) | Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAI) |
| Enhances Merck's position in RNAi technology (used in drug discovery and development). Deal value - more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) | PowderMed Ltd. |
| Offers new technology and needle-free delivery system shown to elicit both antibody and cell mediated immune responses. Terms not more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Pharmos Corporation (NASDAQ: PARS ) | Vela Pharmaceuticals |
| Broadens Pharmos' pipeline with later stage products targeting irritable bowel syndrome, pain/inflammation, and autoimmune diseases. Affiliates more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | RheoGene, Inc. | Intrexon Corporation |
| RheoGene has developed technology to manage gene expression - a key component of gene-based therapies. The companies offer complementary gene-based more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMO) | Angiogenesis Program of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW) |
| Provides for combined development of the companies' ZFP (zinc finger DNA-binding protein) therapeutics programs. Deal value - $6m in more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Stiefel Laboratories Inc. | Connetics Corporation (Nasdaq: CNCT) |
| Create a premier dermatology drug company. Deal value -- $640m, on $150m of revenue more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) | Andrx Corporation |
| The Andrx distribution business, offering generic products from manufacturers around the world, will diversify and stabilize Watson, providing steady more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | 3M Health Information Systems | SoftMED Systems |
| Brings to 3M solutions that enable hospitals to create an electronic medical record using templates, voice dictation, speech recognition, electronic more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) | Care Fusion Inc. |
| Care Fusion's wireless technology permits scanning of patient barcoded wristbands and verifying proper medication, lab testing and procedures. more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | MCF Corporation (AMEX: MEM) | MedPanel, Inc. |
| Combines MedPanel' health care industry and financial services customers with MCF's sell side research, institutional investors and health more... | ||
| Dental | Zila, Inc. (NASDAQ GM: ZILA) | Professional Dental Technologies, Inc. |
| Completes Zila's transformation into a cancer diagnostic company focused initially on oral cancer. By leveraging target's national dental more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Beckman Coulter Inc.(NYSE: BEC) | Lumigen Inc. |
| Lumigen's proprietary chemiluminescent chemistry is the detection method used in Beckman's immunoassay systems. Deal value -- $185m, on $33m more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX ) | TriPath Imaging (NASDAQ: TPTH) |
| Expands BD's presence in cancer diagnostics. Synergizes with BD's flow cytometry and biomarker systems for detection of lymphoma and more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX: BIO and BIOb) | The ProteinChip Systems® & rights to Surface Enhanced Laser Desorption/ Ionization of Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. |
| Provides Bio-Rad with access to leading protein analysis technology. Deal Price - more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc. | MDS Diagnostic Services, the laboratory services business of MDS Inc. (NYSE: MDZ) |
| MDS is Canada's largest provider of laboratory services, with annualized revenues of $289m (3.9x) and over 2,900 employees . Deal value -- more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) | Vision Systems Limited (ASX: VSL) |
| Vision's pathology diagnostics instrument and consumable product offering fits well with DHR's Medical Technology Platform. Deal value - more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Genetix Group plc. (AIM: GTX) | Applied Imaging Corporation |
| Strengthens Genetix's capabilities in cell imaging and analysis and will enable expansion in the US, Europe and Asia. Deal price - more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Magellan Biosciences | TREK Diagnostic Systems |
| Expands Magellan’s commercial presence in clinical diagnostics. Terms not more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Microlife Corporation | HealtheTech, Inc. |
| Brings together complimentary products and allows Microlife to offer solutions specifically geared towards weight management. Terms not more... | ||
| Diagnostics | PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) | Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, TecDAX 30) |
| Provides customers with new high content screening tools to increase speed and accuracy of cellular and drug discoveries. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Primedex Health Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:PMDX) | Radiologix, Inc. (AMEX:RGX) |
| Expands Primedex's presence in California and provides a platform for growth outside of California. Primedex will further its strategies of more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) | Intermagnetics General Corporation (Nasdaq: IMGC ) |
| Strengthens Phillips's MRI business and makes its supply chain more efficient, while diversifying away from businesses that are sensitive to more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE: TMO) | Fisher Scientific International Inc. (NYSE: FSH ) |
| Will create the leading provider of laboratory products and services in the laboratory and health sciences industries. Complementary lines in more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR) | A-VOX Systems, Inc. |
| Broadens Thoratec's offerings for hospital POC testing, particularly in the cardiac cath lab where Avox has an industry-leading presence. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Andover Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:ADOV.OB) | Rainier Surgical Inc. |
| Adds new orthopedic products and distribution channels, serving as the springboard for further growth in the orthopedic medical more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Andover Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:ADOV.OB) | SRS Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Strengthens Andover's position for diagnosing and treating more... | ||
| Medical Devices | AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANGO) | RITA Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RITA |
| Creates a diversified producer of access, diagnostic and therapeutic products that enable interventional physicians and surgeons to treat peripheral more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Anodyne Medical Device, Inc. | Anatomic Concepts, Inc. |
| Extends Anodyne's foam mattress and patient positioning business. Terms not more... | ||
| Medical Devices | ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI ) | 3F Therapeutics |
| 3F's heart valve replacement solutions will help build ATS' heart valve therapy platform. Stock deal valued at - $21m, plus $23m in stock more... | ||
| Medical Devices | ATS Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATSI) | Certain assets of EM Vascular, Inc. |
| Acquired IP may lead to treatments of common vascular and blood disorders -- noninvasive, non-pharma therapies for the treatment of atherosclerotic more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Bovie Medical Corporation (Amex: BVX ) | Certain assets of Lican Developments LTD |
| Bovie buys disposable tip technology complementary to Bovie's previously acquired and announced Modular Ergonomic Grip (MEG) forceps, plus a new more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC) | Precision Converters, Inc |
| Adds breadth and strength to Brady's medical die-cut business capabilities. Target sales of $10m. Terms not more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Cytyc Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTC) | Certain assets of Helica Instruments Limited |
| Cytec acquires minimally invasive surgical devices for treating endometriosis. Deal value -- $9m including more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Encore Medical Corporation | Cefar AB |
| Strategic addition to Encore's electrotherapy business, adding a substantial European presence in medical and consumer markets. Terms not more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Getinge AB | Huntleigh Technology Plc |
| Integrates hospital bedside management by combining lifters, support surfaces and beds. Getinge's Extended Care unit deals with patient handling, more... | ||
| Medical Devices | HAPC Inc | The InfuSystem Inc. unit of I-Flow Corporation |
| InfuSystems provides state-of-the-art electronic continuous ambulatory infusion pumps, supplies and support to oncology practices and their patients. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Kyphon Inc. (Nasdaq: KYPH) | The spine-related product assets and rights of Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies, Ltd. |
| Disc-O-Tech's portfolio includes an expandable interbody device for minimally invasive fusion in patients with degenerative disc disease, a more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Langer, Inc. (Nasdaq: GAIT) | Twincraft Inc. |
| Expands Langer's skincare/personal care categories, forming a new platform. Deal price - $26.7m, plus earnouts. Twincraft sales were about $27.1 more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Langer, Inc. (Nasdaq: GAIT) | Regal Medical Supply, LLC |
| Regal offers custom orthotic products into various long term care settings, plus the potential to create multi-location distribution systems, more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Medical Action Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:MDCI) | The Medical Products Division of Medegen Medical Products LLC |
| 10th and biggest acquisition for MDCI. Diversifies its product offerings and adds customers (in alternate sites) outside its current channels of more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTMD) | Europlak |
| Part of Microtek's international growth strategy. Terms undisclosed. Revenue less than more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Micrus Endovascular Corporation (NASDAQ: MEND) | VasCon LLC Micrus Design Technology, Inc. |
| Expands Micrus' core competencies; part of its strategy to become a full-line endovascular company, addressing the neurointerventional market. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Natus Medical Incorporated (Nasdaq:BABY) | Olympic Medical Corporation |
| Broadens Natus' product offerings in newborn market and leverages its direct sales force in the U.S. and international distribution organization. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX) | Taut Inc. |
| Taut's bladeless laparoscopic access ports (trocars) have been distributed in Europe by Teleflex and complement its product lines. Teleflex has more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Texas Pacific Group | Transfusion Therapies business of Baxter International Inc. |
| Expands Texas Pacific's assets in the healthcare arena by adding blood-collection products and storage equipment as well as five manufacturing more... | ||
| Medical Devices | VIASYS Healthcare Inc. (NYSE:VAS) | BioBeat Medical, Ltd. |
| For $4.5m, Viasys acquires advanced Diigital Transcranial Doppler (TCD) technology, a non-invasive method of measuring blood flow velocities in the more... | ||
| Medical Devices | VIASYS Healthcare Inc. (NYSE:VAS) | Hoffman Laboratories, LLC |
| Increases VIASYS' presence in the global sleep therapy market, a fast growing part of the respiratory market. VIASYS is already a market leader more... | ||
| Medical Services | AIG Altaris Health Partners, Dynamic Healthcare Solutions, Salix Ventures and Three Arch Partners | U.S. HealthWorks |
| Three Arch Partners and Salix Ventures have maintained investments in U.S. HealthWorks since 2001. New investors seek further growth in keeping with more... | ||
| Medical Services | Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) | The U.S. bulk gas business that Linde AG (LIN.DE) |
| The bulk gas divestiture is being made in keeping with Linde's acquisition of BOC. The acquired assets complements the six existing air more... | ||
| Medical Services | Almost Family (NASDAQ: AFAM) | Mederi Inc. |
| Expands AFAM to 73 service locations in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, Illinois, Alabama and Indiana. Deal price more... | ||
| Medical Services | AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) | Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) |
| The two companies are combining their institutional pharmacy businesses making it the second largest in the industry, with revenues of approximately more... | ||
| Medical Services | AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC) | Health Advocates, Inc. |
| Adds functionality to AmerisourceBergen's workers' compensation services business. Deal value - $83m, on $20m of revenue (4.1x). Medicare more... | ||
| Medical Services | AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC) | Access M.D., Inc. |
| Expands ABC's specialty pharmaceutical services in the Canadian market. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Medical Services | CareGuide, Inc (OTCBB:CGDE) | Haelan Corporation |
| Brings to CareGuide a predictive modeling capacity that identifies at-risk members for high near-term healthcare utilization. Deal terms -- $1.5m more... | ||
| Medical Services | CVS Corp. | Caremark Rx Inc. |
| Adds Caremark's growing mail order business to CVS' retail franchise, creating a $75b drug distribution powerhouse that could compete more more... | ||
| Medical Services | Fiserv Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV) | Innovative Cost Solutions |
| Furthers Fiserv Health's strategy of providing a full range of cost management solutions to medical payers. Terms not more... | ||
| Medical Services | Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) | Axia Health Management, LLC |
| Adds to Healthways' spectrum of integrated, personalized, evidence-based health and wellness services. Axia’s national network enables more... | ||
| Medical Services | Meritain Health, Inc. | CBSA PERFORMAX |
| Doubles the size of Meritain Health, creating the nation's largest privately held manager of health benefits plans. The combined company will more... | ||
| Medical Services | On Assignment, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASGN) | VISTA Staffing Solutions |
| Expands On Assignment's healthcare staffing services to include physician staffing, and adds a third segment to the Company's growing more... | ||
| Medical Services | Platinum Equity | Healthcare Marketing Services unit of Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) |
| With more than $200m in revenue, HMS provides sales and marketing communications services and materials to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology more... | ||
| Medical Services | Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSYS) | Horizon Health Corporation (NASDAQ: HORC) |
| Enables PSI to expand its behavioral health business in growing markets. Identified opportunities to expand Horizon Health's EBITDA of $31m more... | ||
| Medical Services | Radiation Therapy Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: RTSX) | MIRO Cancer Centers and Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Institute |
| Adds a network of 7 radiation therapy treatment centers in Southeastern Michigan. The acquisition follows RTSX's entry into the Los Angeles local more... | ||
| Medical Services | TA Associates | American Access Care (AAC) |
| A $130m minority leveraged recap of a rapidly growing operator of vascular access facilities for dialysis patients. The services help reduce more... | ||
| OTC/Consumer | Chattem, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTT) | The U.S. rights to certain brands from J&J and the consumer healthcare business of Pfizer Inc. |
| Expands Chattem's diverse portfolio of high quality brands into several new niche categories (including ACT mouthwash, Balmex diaper rash more... | ||
| OTC/Consumer | GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) | CNS, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXS) |
| Comports with GSK's growth strategy to add global consumer brand names with high growth. Deal value -- $566m on sales of $122.2 more... | ||
| OTC/Consumer | Johnson & Johnson | Pfizer Inc.'s consumer healthcare business. |
| Increases J&J's lead in the market for non-prescription health products. Adds Listerine mouthwash, Sudafed decongestant, Nicorette more... | ||
| OTC/Consumer | The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) | Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (Amex: IMA) |
| 50/50 joint venture for the development and sale of existing and to-be-developed consumer diagnostic products outside of the fields of cardiology and more... | ||
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