Advanced Medical mulls Bausch & Lomb bid
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  said on Thursday it was interested in acquiring Bausch & Lomb Inc.  and was willing to pay more than the $3.67 billion proposal the eye-care company accepted from a private equity firm.
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The anticipated merger of Guidant Corp.  and Johnson & Johnson could give an unintended boost to Boston  Scientific Corp. if Guidant's drug-coated stent launch is  delayed, said analysts looking at the implications of a  potential deal.
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NEW YORK/LONOON  - Private equity firms have been moving into prime position to buy orthopedics maker Biomet Inc. , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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In negotiating to buy Guidant, Johnson & Johnson is looking for an acquisition to increase its presence in the lucrative, fast-growing market for medical devices.
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Belgian biopharmaceutical group UCB has announced a friendly takeover bid of 4.4 billion euros (5.6 billion dollars) for German company Schwarz Pharma, aimed at strengthening its position in the neurology sector.
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Eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Inc.  said on Thursday it received a takeover offer from rival Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  of $75 per share, topping its agreed $65-per-share deal to be acquired by a private equity firm.
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The approval of a new drug is a long-term opportunity.
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CVS Corp.  is likely to raise its $23.4 billion offer for Caremark Rx Inc. CMX.N>, but rival suitor Express Scripts Inc.  may still have more money to throw into the bidding war, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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The U.S. government on Tuesday  proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially  life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to  benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude  Medical Inc.
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The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude Medical Inc.
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The developing biopharmaceutical company announces a share offering.
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Schering-Plough Corp. SGP.N is   seriously considering approaching Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   BMY.N about a possible merger, according to a report in The   Star-Ledger newspaper on Friday.
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MELBOURNE: Australian pathology company Gribbles Group said on Monday it had received takeover approaches, after a newspaper reported that health care groups had offered up to A$270 million ($200 million).
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First Health Group Corp. is the latest in a series of acquisitions that Coventry has made to try to boost its leverage with hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical companies when negotiating costs.
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The product is one of the biggest-selling medical devices in history. The side effect is rare and deadly. And the impact is a giant question mark hanging over Boston Scientific Corp. , the region's biggest life-science company.
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A court ruling upholding the  patent on blockbuster blood-thinning drug Plavix has reignited  talk France&#39;s Sanofi-Aventis  will bid for its smaller  U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. .
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.   plans to make a takeover bid for Bausch & Lomb Inc.   in a move to wrest the eye-care company away from its  existing pact to be acquired by a private equity firm,  according to a report on Thursday by cable news channel CNBC.