Smiths snaps up US medical firm
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UK aerospace to medical goods group Smiths buys one of the world's leading medical products manufacturers, Medex, for $925m.
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Acute care hospital operator Select Medical Corp. said Monday it will be acquired by a new company formed by a private equity firm for $18 per share in cash or about $2.
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Australia&#39;s Healthscope Ltd.   launched a A$2.86 billion ($2.34 billion) takeover offer for  larger rival Symbion Health Ltd.  on Tuesday, backed by  private equity firms Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital.
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Managed care provider inks first international agreement.
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Biotech company buys itself a bigger future.
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A US buyout firm said it has acquired a majority stake in Jimmy Choo Ltd., the British-based luxury shoe label, in a deal valued at 101 million pounds ($187 million).
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has strengthened its relationship with Texas Pacific Group after landing an instruction to advise the US buyout house on its bid for British Vita.
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Health-care initiatives will be a big part of the company's future.
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By Kate Bowman  LAW firm Dickinson Dees has boosted its chemical and pharmaceuticals group after seeing business triple.  The Newcastle firm, which also has offices in Stockton and York, has made key appointments, taking the number of lawyers in the specialist departments to 22.
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A controversial health centre where NHS patients will be treated by a private company is officially opened.
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The megaretailer rolls out in-store health clinics.
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Federal-Mogul, the engineering company whose bankruptcy in the US is threatening the pensions of thousands of workers at its subsidiary Turner &amp; Newall, is sizing up a sale of its UK businesses.
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The med-tech firm impresses on many levels.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson&#39;s$25.4bn purchase of Guidant, a medical device maker, will give the big US medical group a range of fast-growing products that manage patients&#39; heart rhythms, a move that will shake up the US medical device industry.
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Real estate investment trust  Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman  Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion,  including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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The Medicines Company reacquires its own drug.
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The company faces a pivotal clinical trial.