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BASF Completes Acquisition of Pronova BioPharma

31.01.2013 - BASF has completed the acquisition of Pronova BioPharma, which closed today with the payment of the offer price to Pronova shareholders. At the same time, the tendered shares were...

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BASF Clears Hurdle to Bag Norway's Pronova

21.01.2013 - BASF won over enough Pronova shareholders with its sweetened takeover offer to secure full control of the Norwegian fish-oils maker. The German chemicals giant said on Monday it...

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BASF's Bid for Fish-oil Maker Pronova on Knife Edge

16.01.2013 - BASF's attempt to boost its nutrition business is set to go down to the wire as some investors in target Pronova rebuff the chemical group's offer ahead of a Friday deadline to...

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Merck KGaA to Resist Lure of Potential Proceeds from OTC Sale

27.11.2012 - Merck KGaA said it would keep its non-prescription drugs unit even as a tussle over vitamin maker Schiff Nutrition highlighted the rich sale premium it could fetch. Merck's...

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BASF to Buy Fish Oil Maker Pronova in $845 Million Deal

21.11.2012 - Germany's BASF is buying a maker of fish oils used in heart drugs and food supplements for an agreed $845 million, seeking steady growth in nutrition markets to complement its more...

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Bayer Shuns Bidding War with Reckitt over Schiff

20.11.2012 - German drugmaker Bayer gave up trying to buy Schiff Nutrition after Reckitt Benckiser made a higher offer for the U.S. vitamin maker. "Bayer's Board of Management has decided not...

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Bayer to Buy U.S. Vitamin Maker Schiff for $1.2 Billion

30.10.2012 - Germany's Bayer is to buy U.S. vitamins maker Schiff Nutrition International for an agreed $1.2 billion as it seeks stable sources of growth to complement its more volatile...