Smith & Nephew to bid $11 bln for Biomet: sources
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Europe's biggest medical device maker, Smith & Nephew Plc , is close to bidding about $11 billion for U.S. rival Biomet Inc. , sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Health care and consumer products maker Johnson & Johnson is in negotiations to acquire medical-device maker Guidant Corp., sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Biomet, a major manufacturer of artificial hips and knees, said today that it had agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium for $10.9 billion.
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Dutch-Swedish pharmaceutical group Akzo Nobel said on Monday that it had agreed to sell its Organon BioSciences drugs unit to US rival Schering-Plough for 11 billion euros (14.4 billion dollars).
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DUBLIN -- US drug company Biogen Idec is considering an all-share bid of more than 8.5 billion euros ($10.6 billion) for Irish peer Elan , a newspaper reported yesterday.
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Influential shareholder advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended in a report that Biomet Inc.  shareholders vote against a $10.9 billion private-equity buyout of the orthopedic device maker, saying the price is not high enough.
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Private-equity firms have in recent days been moving into prime position to buy orthopedics maker Biomet Inc. , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Akzo Nobel said on Monday it was selling its pharmaceuticals unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough for 11 billion euros ($14.5 billion), dropping plans to float it in a public share offer.
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DUBLIN, Ireland  - U.S. drug company Biogen Idec  is considering an all-share bid of more than 8.5 billion euros  ($10.6 billion) for Irish peer Elan, a newspaper reported on  Sunday.
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NEW YORK/LONOON  - Private equity firms have been moving into prime position to buy orthopedics maker Biomet Inc. , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Media & professional: The Financial Times's parent company, Pearson, is seeking partners to mount a takeover bid for the Wall Street Journal.
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Smith & Nephew Plc aims to be the world's largest medical devices firm by making more acquisitions after completing the $889 million purchase of Switzerland's Plus Orthopedics Holding AG, its outgoing CEO was quoted as saying.
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A merger with Biomet would be good in many ways. But what's the right price?
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NEW YORK -- Johnson &amp; Johnson, the New Jersey-based drug and health care products company, is reportedly in advanced negotiations to buy Guidant Corp.
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Europe's biggest medical device maker, Smith & Nephew Plc (S&N) , is close to making a formal bid for U.S. rival Biomet Inc. , British newspapers reported on Sunday.
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Both companies get shareholder nod for $11 billion merger intended to improve efficiencies, competitive muscle.
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Biomet Inc.  on Thursday accepted a sweetened takeover bid of $11.4 billion from a group of private equity firms after an influential proxy advisory service urged the orthopedic device maker's shareholders to reject a previous $10.9 billion offer.