Deals
Busiest Day for Health-Care Deals Is Set to Spawn More: Real M&A
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It’s the busiest day for takeovers in the health-care industry.
UnitedHealth Group Inc. struck Monday’s largest purchase -- $13.2 billion for drug-benefit manager Catamaran Corp. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. made a $3.1 billion splash back into dealmaking with Auspex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Horizon Pharma Plc agreed to buy Hyperion Therapeutics Inc. for $866 million to treat lucrative rare diseases. And Fujifilm Holdings Corp. is acquiring Cellular Dynamics International Inc., a maker of human cells, for $239 million. All figures include net debt.