JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 26, 2023

s (Amgen) proposed acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics plc (Horizon). On May 17, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenged Amgen Inc.’s The complaint is significant in three respects. By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Pharmaceutical

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MARCH 19, 2024

The Anglo-Swedish company struck an agreement to acquire Fusion Pharmaceuticals, which is developing next-generation radioconjugates that offer an alternative to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Pharmaceutical

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Gracell Biotechnologies acquisition marks China’s growing importance to the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has struck a deal to buy a Chinese cancer therapy company for up to $1.2bn (£950m), as Britain’s biggest drugmaker expands its footprint in its second-largest market.

Pharmaceutical

Solganick & Co.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

September 2, 2024 – The software mergers and acquisitions (M&A) marketplace has been bustling with activity in the first half of 2024, reflecting the sector’s robust growth and strategic consolidations. billion acquisition of Ansys, a move aimed at bolstering its software capabilities and expanding its market footprint.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Devensoft

MAY 25, 2023

Corporate restructuring can be a game-changer for any organization, whether it’s a merger, acquisition, or any other strategic move. Understanding merger vs acquisition Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are two of the most common forms of corporate restructuring.

Corporation

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

OCTOBER 6, 2023

PRESIDIO PROPERTY TRUST ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF MERGER OF ITS SPONSORED SPAC MURPHY CANYON ACQUISITION CORP NOW TRADING AS CONDUIT PHARMACEUTICALS.

Pharmaceutical

How2Exit

MARCH 31, 2024

Get the Insider Tips You Need to Secure Your Deal - Watch Here rn rn About the Guest(s): rn Patrick O'Connell is an experienced mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisor with a profound depth of knowledge in buying and selling small businesses valued between one to $20 million. b' E200: Buying or Selling a Small Business?

Business

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Move follows fears over jobs and control when private equity firm CD&R entered talks to buy Opella for €16bn The French government is to take a stake in the pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s consumer healthcare division to try to quell a backlash as the US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice enters talks to buy the unit for €16bn (£13.3bn). (..)

Private Equity

The Harvard Law School Forum

JUNE 16, 2023

In recent months, the life sciences industry has seen the reemergence of contingent value rights, or CVRs, in public company acquisitions as a way to bridge a valuation gap between buyers and sellers. Executive Summary This study addresses CVRs, the public M&A analog to the earnout used in private deals, which can be price-driven (e.g.,

M&A

InvestmentBank.com

AUGUST 14, 2019

The benefits of VR are not limited to language immersion, architecture, interior design, space expedition, biology, chemistry or pharmaceutical practices. They also have developed Daydream Labs where employees can be trained visually and interactively, resulting in a faster learning process [9].

Education

Wizenius

APRIL 27, 2023

One specific area where these laws are frequently applied is in the context of merger and acquisition transactions. To prevent this from happening, governments often have laws in place that regulate mergers and acquisitions to ensure that they do not create or enhance a monopoly or otherwise harm competition.

Mergers and Acquisitions

OfficeHours

JANUARY 26, 2024

Some dealmakers claim the impact of elections on mergers and acquisitions is minimal. billion acquisition of Qualtrics International Inc. Veterinary pharmaceuticals firm Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc , which EQT agreed to buy for around £4.5 and Permira’s €14 billion ($15.2 billion ($5.7

Private Equity

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions for painkillers.

Sale

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

MARCH 6, 2025

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy businesses.

Retail

Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 20, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that Bearing Distributors, Inc. Schrimsher, President & CEO for Applied. With locations across the U.S.

Investment Banking

Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 22, 2024

To mitigate these risks and build more resilient supply chains, companies are increasingly turning to strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Strategic mergers and acquisitions offer a powerful tool to build more resilient supply chains.

M&A

The Harvard Law School Forum

JUNE 16, 2023

In recent months, the life sciences industry has seen the reemergence of contingent value rights, or CVRs, in public company acquisitions as a way to bridge a valuation gap between buyers and sellers. Executive Summary This study addresses CVRs, the public M&A analog to the earnout used in private deals, which can be price-driven (e.g.,

M&A

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

While the year saw an overall decline in M&A activity (down 17% from 2022) , total pharmaceuticals and life sciences deal value in 2023 increased by approximately 50% compared to 2022. billion; Bristol Myer Squibb’s acquisition of RayzeBio for $4.1 billion; and Roche’s acquisition of Carmot Therapeutics for up to $3.1

M&A

Benchmark International

AUGUST 1, 2023

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the acquisition of Wicklow-based Paramount Packaging by Mediahuis Ireland, through its Reach Group subsidiary.

Food

Benchmark International

APRIL 18, 2024

The healthcare sector is primarily segmented into pharmaceuticals, services, devices, and others. According to Verified Market Research, the global healthcare market will reach $665.37 billion by 2028. By application, the industry is categorized by cardiovascular, oncology, anti-infection, central nervous system, respiratory, and others.

Healthcare

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

No longer just “acquihires,” today’s innovation-driven acquisition is focused on talent retention. One familiar technique used by sophisticated tech buyers is a holdback structure that subjects a portion of key employees’ merger consideration to revesting. The typical revesting period for these arrangements is 24 to 36 months.

M&A

Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Del. This dynamic has increased the number of earnout/milestone disputes and is influencing how earnout provisions are negotiated in acquisition agreements. By July 2018, J&J began considering an acquisition of Auris to have iPlatform as a backup plan for Verb. In both Fortis v.

Mergers and Acquisitions

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Students and parent volunteers from a school in Washington State said in a lawsuit that they had become sick after being exposed to chemicals known as P.C.B.s. that had dripped from light fixtures.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2018

M&A practitioners have long advised boards of directors that the Delaware courts have never found that the events or circumstances in a particular transaction met the contractual standard of having a material adverse effect (or MAE) as defined in a merger or acquisition agreement. The Merger Agreement. 2018-0300-JTL (Del.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Devensoft

AUGUST 22, 2023

Understanding Freelance Modeling in M&A In the realm of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), freelance modeling emerges as a dynamic and adaptive methodology, offering a departure from traditional approaches. Illustrating this transformative power, consider a merger between a software giant and a cybersecurity startup.

M&A

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Britain’s biggest drugmaker acquires Seattle-based firm Icosavax, expanding vaccine and immune therapy business AstraZeneca is buying its first vaccine company in a $1.1bn deal that will expand the vaccine and immune therapy business it set up during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business

M&A Leadership Council

AUGUST 15, 2022

Few companies divest units immediately following an acquisition (unless they are compelled to do so by antitrust regulators), but many companies divest them eventually. In any given year, nearly half of the acquisitions that occur come about because the sellers are divesting a company unit. Sometimes spin-offs precede mergers.

Mergers and Acquisitions

M&A Leadership Council

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Example : Consider a merger where the primary goal is expanding market share by integrating sales teams. A strategic IMO Lead wouldn’t stop at Day 1 integration; they’d chart a multi-year plan for how the sales team’s merger contributes to larger corporate objectives, like boosting revenue in underperforming regions.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

But it wasn’t all carve outs and concerned investors – even with the headwinds in the industry and beyond, there were still several traditional public M&A deals involving biotechnology or medical device companies, as large pharmaceutical companies continued to have cash to deploy for acquisitions.

M&A

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The deal is a bet on the growing market for psychiatric and neurological drugs.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Software Equity Group

JUNE 6, 2023

 Ideagen is a leading provider of software solutions to regulated and high-compliance industries, including pharmaceutical, aerospace and defense, and life sciences. The Tritan-Ideagen deal demonstrates the value of strategic acquisitions as a method for entering new markets and expanding globally.

M&A

Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

PE firms view these companies as especially appealing since low multiples mean they can use higher debt percentages to fund the acquisitions. Fragmented Markets with Many Add-On Acquisition Opportunities – Private equity firms have been snapping up specialist physician practices in the U.S.

Private Equity

Devensoft

JUNE 19, 2023

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) constitute intricate and frequently risky transactions with significant implications for stakeholders. Here are some case studies of successful rationalization in M&A: Pfizer and Wyeth In 2009, Pfizer acquired Wyeth , a global pharmaceutical company, for $68 billion.

M&A

Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For example, while a pharmaceutical company focused solely on shareholder value might prioritize high-margin drugs for rare conditions, a stakeholder-oriented approach might consider affordability and broader societal health needs , as seen with Gilead's approach to its HIV medications.

Corporation

Devensoft

AUGUST 24, 2023

By melding the proficiencies, assets, and potentials residing within distinct business sectors or entities under a single organizational umbrella, the practice of mergers and acquisitions unveils dormant possibilities, propels inventive evolution, and champions the delivery of unparalleled outcomes. Short on time? Limited on time?

Business

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

MAY 16, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission said the deal would enable Amgen to “entrench” the monopoly positions of two Horizon drugs that lack competition.

Trading

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

JULY 28, 2025

The conglomerate was viewed as one of the most successful companies in America, but patients are enraged and investors have lost faith in its business model.

Investors