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Eli Lilly to buy Novartis AG's animal health business for $5.4 bn
22 Apr 2014
Eli Lilly and Co today struck a deal to buy Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's animal health business for $5.4 billion in cash in order to strengthen and diversify its own animal health business, Elanco.
Eli Lilly to buy Novartis AG's animal health business for $5.4 bn
22 Apr 2014
Eli Lilly and Co today struck a deal to buy Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's animal health business for $5.4 billion in cash in order to strengthen and diversify its own animal health business, Elanco.
Eli Lilly to buy Novartis AG's animal health business for $5.4 bn
22 Apr 2014
Eli Lilly and Co today struck a deal to buy Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's animal health business for $5.4 billion in cash in order to strengthen and diversify its own animal health business, Elanco.
Valeant teams up with hedge fund to buy Botox maker Allergan for $42 bn
22 Apr 2014
News of the impending bid sent the stock price of Valeant and Allergan companies soaring in after-hours trading
Pfizer weighs $101-bn bid for AstraZeneca
21 Apr 2014
A potential deal with AstraZeneca would be the biggest-ever acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry, and would see another iconic British brand being acquired by a foreign company
Pfizer weighs $101-bn bid for AstraZeneca
21 Apr 2014
A potential deal with AstraZeneca would be the biggest-ever acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry, and would see another iconic British brand being acquired by a foreign company
Pfizer weighs $101-bn bid for AstraZeneca
21 Apr 2014
A potential deal with AstraZeneca would be the biggest-ever acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry, and would see another iconic British brand being acquired by a foreign company
Twitter acquires social data provider Gnip
16 Apr 2014
Gnip was Twitter's first data partner and the first with access to complete archive of Twitter Data, and also supplies data to Tumblr, WordPress, Foursquare, Disqus, IntenseDebate, StockTwits, and GetGlue
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