05.08.2015
- Irish pharmaceutical producer Shire has made an offer to buy US drugmaker Baxalta for around $30 billion in stock. With the bid, Shire is said to be trying to solidify its position...
30.07.2015
- July this year began with the highest-ever value of M&A transactions announced in any July since 2008, says Mergermarket, an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence...
30.07.2015
- In the latest spectacular takeover to occupy the attention of the international pharmaceuticals sector, Israeli generics giant Teva has agreed to pay $40.5 billion cash and stock...
29.07.2015
- Johnson Matthey has agreed to divest its Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals business to Thermo Fisher Scientific for £256 million in cash, subject to typical post-closing adjustments...
29.10.2014
- Clariant has agreed to divest its Business Line Energy Storage to Johnson Matthey. The total consideration of the sale amounts to $75 million at closing which is expected early...
17.10.2014
- BASF is selling its textile chemicals business for an undisclosed sum to Archroma, a Reinach, Switzerland-based company owned by private equity investor SK Capital Partners.Still...
13.10.2014
- Mercachem, a privately owned leading European contract research organization, has agreed to acquire Synthon's Prague-based laboratory and pilot scale operations for the...
25.11.2013
- Advent International announced its divestment from Oxea, one of the largest global manufacturers of oxo chemicals. Oman Oil Company (OOC), a commercial company wholly owned by the...
