Medical Products Firms Enjoy Merger Boom
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Petri dishes, artificial spinal  discs and blood-testing strips may not seem particularly  exciting, but the makers of these medical products have been  fetching high prices this year.
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The pharmaceutical giant is selling its pain relievers and other consumer products.
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Smith & Nephew Plc aims to be the world's largest medical devices firm by making more acquisitions after completing the $889 million purchase of Switzerland's Plus Orthopedics Holding AG, its outgoing CEO was quoted as saying.
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A series of mergers has transformed the communications marketplace in the space of five months, producing a handful of giants capable of delivering an all-in-one package of phone and Internet services to businesses and consumers alike.
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With the first six months of the year gone, IT companies are riding high in the markets, and mergers and acquisitions have helped stoke investor interest in technology.
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The audacious takeover bid that could lead to lower drug prices for consumers.
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A partnership deal has investors in the small specialty pharma excited.
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Now might be a great time to load up on cutting-edge drug makers.
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The case of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific shows why mergers work.
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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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Elective surgery in India? Medical tourism is booming, and U.S. companies trying to contain health-care costs are starting to take notice
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An experimental drug from Sanofi-Aventis, viewed as pivotal to the newly merged company's future, showed good results in the largest clinical study of the product to date.
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Share in healthcare conglomerate Australian Pharmaceutical Industries surged more than five per cent in early trade today after the company moved to boost its retail pharmacy operations by acquiring health, beauty and lifestyle retailer New Price Retail
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Health industry, tech firms, government agencies might collaborate to \
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49927)  announces the addition of Frost & Sullivan's  new report Advances in Biomaterials for Medical Device Applications to  their offering.
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ATLANTA - A massive corporate merger between two health-care giants will result in $126.5 million of new funding and equipment for Georgia&#39;s medical schools and rural hospitals, Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced Tuesday.
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The companyâs acquisitions in growth platforms mean more technologies to tap into for use in its other businesses.