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Life Sciences M&A Advisory

Weekly Top News
Mon, 24 Dec 2018
New M & A Activity
1. Radiant Creations Group, Inc. Announces Purchase of NEWYOU, LLC.
2. Cigna Completes Combination with Express Scripts, Establishing a Blueprint to Transform the Health Care System
3. BRIEF-Federal Street Acquisition Corp. Amends Terms Of Merger Agreement With Agiliti Health
4. Windtree Therapeutics and CVie Therapeutics Announce Merger to Create a Global Acute Care Company Targeting Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
5. TPG Capital backs BVI to Acquire PhysIOL Group SA
6. Equicapita Announces Acquisition of Shaw Group of Dental Laboratories
7. Heritage Portfolio Company EPTAM Announces Add-On Acquisition of Relius Medical
8. GHO Capital Acquires Validant, a Leading Quality, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Consulting Firm for Healthcare Companies
9. Endocyte Stockholders Approve Merger Agreement with Novartis AG
10. Glaxo, Pfizer to merge consumer health care divisions
11. Teledyne to Acquire Scientific Imaging Businesses of Roper Technologies
12. FSD Pharma still interested in synthetic cannabinoid
13. Medtronic Completes Acquisition of Mazor Robotics
14. Cannabis company Aleafia to buy Emblem for 27% premium, in a C$173.2 million deal
15. Alcon Announces Acquisition of Tear Film Innovations, Inc.
16. Golub Capital Provides One-Loan Debt Facility to Support the Acquisition of CRH Healthcare by Freeman Spogli & Co.
17. CVS Says Aetna Merger ‘Making Good Progress’ On Regulatory Front
18. Kali-Extracts, Inc. Announces Cannabis Biotech Inventor Frederick Ferri as New CEO to Lead Company Into $28 Billion Medical Cannabis Market
19. Portage Provides Additional Information Relating to the Independent Director Review of the Proposed Acquisition of SalvaRx Limited
20. Bruker Completes the Acquisition of Alicona Imaging GmbH
21. TOP NEWS: Smith & Nephew Agrees To Buy NovoStitch Pro Developer
22. PeaceHealth to acquire ZOOM+Care® to expand on-demand primary and specialty care across the Pacific Northwest
23. Biotage Intends to Initiate Negotiations Regarding an Acquisition of Chreto ApS Following a Resolution not to Exercise Existing Call Option
24. Merit Medical puts $60m on the table for Vascular Insights
25. Symbility Solutions is Acquired by CoreLogic
26. Cryoport receives $25M as investment from Petrichor Healthcare Capital; shares rise ~7%
27. Encoda Acquires Revenue Cycle Management Services Division from Microwize Technology
28. Change Healthcare Acquires PokitDok Assets
29. Grand Canyon Education Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Orbis Education Services
30. Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Underwriter’s Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
31. CentralReach Extends Billing Offering with Acquisition of Bronco Billing, Now Named CR BillMax Services
32. Glaxo To Buy Zejula Maker TESARO For $5.1B, Stock Down 8%
33. Premier Health Announces Binding LOI to Acquire Cloud Practice Inc., a National Medical Software Application Company
34. DGAP-News: Rentschler Biopharma SE to Purchase U.S. Manufacturing Site from Shire plc
35. Brightree Acquires Mobile Delivery Provider Apacheta to Streamline HME Delivery
36. Precision Medicine Group Acquires Stern Investor Relations, Inc.
37. Alvotech and Fuji Pharma Enter into Exclusive Partnership for Development and Commercialization of Biosimilars in Japan
38. Alira Health adds data science capabilities through acquisition of Clinical Insights.
39. Ligand Acquires Milestone and Royalty Rights to PTX-022 from Palvella Therapeutics
40. Merck Buys Animal Health Company Antelliq
41. Astellas Acquires Potenza Therapeutics
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Ed is the National Life Sciences Practice lead for West Monroe Partners & has more than 25 years of management consulting experience guiding some of the industry’s most prominent organizations.

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