AmerisourceBergen buys Health Advocates for $83 mln
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Pharmaceutical services company   AmerisourceBergen Corp. ABC.N said on Monday it has agreed to   buy Health Advocates Inc. for about $83 million in cash in a   move that will expand its workers' compensation business.
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The Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group, a British nonlife insurer, offered 6.4 billion kroner ($1.2 billion) to buy the stock it does not already own in Codan, a nonlife insurer in Denmark. Royal and Sun bid 605 kroner apiece for the shares, a premium of 15 percent over the closing price Wednesday of 525 kroner. Royal and Sun completed the sale of operations in the United States in March to focus on British and Scandinavian businesses and on emerging markets.
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Abbott Laboratories Inc. has agreed to buy the nutrition firm EAS Inc. for $320 million. The two companies said Monday the cash transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, pending regulatory approval.
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Australia's Healthscope Ltd.  launched a A$2.86 billion ($2.34 billion) takeover offer for larger rival Symbion Health Ltd.  on Tuesday, backed by private equity firms Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital.
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US consumer healthcare company Perrigo is to buy Israeli drug-maker Agis for $818m (Â£441.5m) in cash and stock. The deal will create a firm with annual sales of $1.
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it would acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to help it expand in the fast-growing U.S. Southwest region.
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LifePoint Hospitals has agreed to acquire rival Province Healthcare for $1.125 billion in cash and stock to broaden its geographic reach.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on  Wednesday approved AstraZeneca Plc&#39;s  plan to buy  biotechnology company MedImmune Inc.  for more than $15  billion.
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Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.   said on Tuesday it agreed to acquire Chaparral Steel Co.  for $4.22 billion, in a move to diversify its product offering into high value added steel products.
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In the latest in a string of steel company acquisitions, Gerdau Ameristeel will pay $86 a share for Chaparral Steel
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Medical products company Abbott Laboratories said Monday it agreed to buy nutrition products company EAS Inc. in a cash-for-stock deal worth about $320 million.
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Priceline has been sold to Australian Pharmaceutical Industries for $112 million in cash and shares just six months after the health and beauty care chain was bought by local managers from its South African parent.
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AmerisourceBergen Corp  and  Kindred Healthcare Inc.  on Monday said they had agreed  to form a new public company by combining their institutional  pharmacy businesses.
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Bethesda-based Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company capable of providing health insurance and administrative services to a broad array of clients.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday approved AstraZeneca Plc's  plan to buy biotechnology company MedImmune Inc.  for more than $15 billion.
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Dutch financial group SNS Reaal  said on Monday it will acquire the Dutch insurance operations of France's AXA  for 1.75 billion euros ($2.35 billion), which will be partly funded by an equity issue.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company