Isochem Inc. Gets New Owner: ACQUISITION
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By David Robinson, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 20--Isochem Inc. has been acquired by a New York City leveraged buyout firm Buckingham Capital Partners, which plans to run the Lockport chemical company under its original name, VanDeMark Chemical.
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Company had disputes with supplier of necessary software, iSoft.
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Consolidation in Europe's drugs   sector gathered steam on Thursday as Germany's Merck MRCG.DE   unveiled a $13.3-billion deal to buy Europe's top biotech firm   Serono SEO.VX, and Denmark's Nycomed won the drugs unit of   Altana ALTG.DE.
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The maker of oil and gas drilling equipment said it will acquire Grant Prideco for about $7.4 billion, creating a company with an estimated market value of $32 billion.
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Embattled UK software firm iSoft agrees a deal with a key partner, lifting a major obstacle to a successful takeover.
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By Marc Silvestrini, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn.  Feb. 6--Chemtura Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell several non-core  business units to a private chemical company.
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The rapidly growing asset management company said it had acquired the âfund of fundsâ business of the Quellos Group.
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The chip company makes a major deal to reach a new market.
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American Oriental Bioengineering makes an acquisition.
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By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  May 25--ChemTreat Inc., a Henrico County-based company that is majority owned by its employees, has been acquired by a Fortune 500 company for $435 million.
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PQ Corp., the specialty chemicals business, said on Friday it was being sold to private equity buyout firm Carlyle Group  for $1.5 billion.
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The Medicines Company reacquires its own drug.
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CSC objects to takeover Sickly NHS provider iSoft was predicted to make a full recovery - thanks to a takeover bid from Aussie company IBA Health.â¦
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As part of its push to become a bigger player in cancer drugs, Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge said yesterday it will buy out business partner Bioenvision Inc. of New York for $345 million , consolidating its ownership of a cancer treatment to which the two companies had been sharing rights.
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The contract drug research company shares surged as the firm showed signs of new life.
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By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 26--ChemTreat Inc., a Henrico County-based company that is majority owned by its employees, has been acquired by a Fortune 500 company for $435 million.
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Serono SA , one of the world's largest biotechnology companies, was bought yesterday by German chemical giant Merck KGaA in a deal worth more than $13 billion.