Bothell&#39;s Sonus to buy French biotech firm
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In a bit of hockey lingo borrowed by the biotech industry, Sonus Pharmaceuticals just gave itself more &quot;shots on goal.&quot;.
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Drugs firm Akzo Nobel will sell its drugs unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough for 11bn euros.
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The private equity firm said it had agreed to buy an Indian back-office company, Intelenet Global Services Ltd., for an undisclosed sum.
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Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, will buy the medical nutrition unit of pharmaceutical company Novartis for $2.5 billion, the companies said Thursday.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on  Wednesday approved AstraZeneca Plc&#39;s  plan to buy  biotechnology company MedImmune Inc.  for more than $15  billion.
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Consolidation in Europe's drugs   sector gathered steam on Thursday as Germany's Merck unveiled a   $13.3-billion deal to buy Europe's top biotech firm Serono, and   Denmark's Nycomed won the drugs unit of Altana.
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British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has said that it had agreed to buy antibody therapy developer Domantis for 230 million pounds (339 million euros, 451 million dollars) in cash.
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The cancer diagnostic equipment maker is expected to announce that it will acquire Spring Bioscience, a developer of antibodies, for $28.9 million in cash.
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Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N on  Wednesday said it agreed to buy Guidant Corp. GDT.N, for  $25.4 billion in cash and stock, giving the healthcare products  maker a foothold in the fast-growing market for implantable  devices that regulate heartbeats.
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Drug giant Johnson & Johnson agrees to buy Guidant Corp, a key player in the heart technology market, for $25.4bn.
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Gilead Sciences Inc. , a leading producer of HIV drugs, said yesterday it plans to acquire biotech firm Myogen Inc. for about $2.5 billion in cash, signaling a surprising expansion into treatments for pulmonary diseases.
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AstraZeneca Plc, the UK&#39;s second biggest drugmaker, bought a 19.9 percent stake in Cambridge Antibody Technology Group Plc, an unprofitable biotechnology company, for 75 million pounds ($139 million).
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Medical equipment firm Huntleigh Technology is bought by Swedish rival Getinge for Â£409m ($802m).
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Could a jointly marketed drug lead to a joint company? Ireland&#39;s Sunday Tribune said yesterday that US pharmaceuticals company Biogen Idec (nasdaq: BIIB - news - people ) was looking to make an all-stock bid
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ARM Holdings Plc, whose chip designs are used in iPod digital music players, agreed to buy Artisan Components Inc. for about $913 million.
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Diageo, the world&#39;s biggest spirits company, has agreed to buy Chalone Wine, a Californian winemaker, for $260m (Â£134m) including debt.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced last night that will buy medical-device maker Guidant for $23.9 billion in cash and stock. The deal, approved by both boards but subject to regulator approval, is one of the largest