Australian Pharmaceutical Acquires New Price Retail
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Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the nation&#39;s biggest drug wholesaler, agreed to buy New Price Retail for A$112.4 million ($78 million) in cash and stock, expanding its store network by two thirds.
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US pharmaceutical company Perrigo expands its generic drug business with the purchase of Israel's Agis Industries.
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THE REGION Cytyc Corp., a Marlborough maker of medical testing products, increased its offer to buy Australia's Vision Systems Ltd. to $517 million, topping a rival $346 million bid from Tucson-based Ventana Medical Systems Inc. Cytyc's new offer, up from its Sept. 17 offering of $377 million, came two days after Ventana said it had paid about $47.4 million to ...
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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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Retailer Woolworths raised its bid Thursday for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group (ALH) by 15 percent to Aust. $1.11 billion ($795 million), topping an offer by private equity firm Newbridge Capital.
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BRISBANE (Dow Jones)--Australian childcare provider ABC Learning Centres Ltd. (ABS.AU) said Thursday it has agreed to buy two rivals in aA$313 million cash and stock
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Schering gets an expanded label and begins marketing another drug overseas.
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Australia's second-largest retailer, Coles Group Ltd. , agreed to a A$22 billion ($19 billion) bid, including debt, from conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd. , in the country's biggest takeover.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson last night struck a deal to acquire Guidant, the US cardiac treatment group for $25.4bn, in a move that will give it access to one of the fastest growing areas in health care.
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Sonic Healthcare Ltd., Australiaâs top pathology group, said Friday it had agreed to buy Sunrise Medical Laboratories.
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The pharmaceutical giant signs another collaborative research agreement with the small-cap company.
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US pharmaceuticals company Abbott Laboratories has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire US nutrition company EAS.
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Northern Ireland drug company Warner Chilcott says it has received a takeover approach at a price of 837p per share. This would value the company at more than Â£1.
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Australian company trumps hostile bid from Alcoa with $43B friendly offer.
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NEW YORK, October 11  - Abbott Laboratories (ABT.NYS) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire a leading US-based nutrition products company, EAS, in a cash and stock deal valued at about $320 million.
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The pharmaceutical buys CoTherix, streamlining sales of both firms' PAH treatments.
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Priceline has been sold to Australian Pharmaceutical Industries for $112 million in cash and shares just six months after the health and beauty care chain was bought by local managers from its South African parent.