Pharmaceuticals
Orchid sells API, R&D unit to Hospira for Rs1,113 crore to reduce debt
30 Aug 2012
The businesses sold accounted for around 23 per cent of the total sales of the company last year
Aetna to buy Coventry Healthcare in $5.7-bn deal
22 Aug 2012
US health insurer Aetna Inc, on Monday signed a deal to buy rival Coventry Healthcare Inc for $5.7 billion in order to expand its Medicaid business
Pfizer files IPO for animal health unit Zoetis Inc
14 Aug 2012
Pfizer yesterday filed for an initial public offering (IPO) for its animal health unit Zoetis Inc, as part of its plan to pay off debt and focus on its core busines
Sun Pharma to buy out Israel’s Taro for $571 million
13 Aug 2012
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries has agreed to a new offer of Sun Pharma, which already owns 66.3 per cent of Taro, to pay $39.50 per share for the remaining stake held by Taro’s minority shareholders
AstraZeneca to pay Bristol-Myers Squibb $135 mn more for Amylin drug rights
10 Aug 2012
AstraZeneca will pay the $135 million to Bristol-Myers Squibb after the anti-trust and other competition regulators approve the acquisition of Amylin
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