Mergers news and information

Canada's largest listed drug maker, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, is in talks to buy generic drugmaker Actavis Inc for more than $13 billion, a person familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday night.
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Just months before the creation of a $4 billion health system, the two Roman Catholic hospital operators behind the deal have abandoned talks for now, citing disagreements over back-office functions.
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MINNEAPOLIS—Sanford Health, a South Dakota health system on an acquisition streak, called off merger talks with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services after the deal met resistance from Minnesota officials. Sanford CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft said in a statement that the health system...
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Sanford Health, a South Dakota health system on an acquisition streak, called off merger talks with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services after the deal met resistance from Minnesota officials.
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Minnesota lawmakers are moving to make the potential Sanford Health takeover of Fairview Health Services, including the University of Minnesota’s hospitals, as difficult as possible.
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Edward Hospital & Health Services and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare have signed a definitive agreement to merge, a move by Edward CEO Pam Davis to create one of the largest hospital systems in the Chicago area, with total revenue of about $1 billion.
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Just months before the creation of a $4 billion health system, the two Roman Catholic hospital operators behind the deal have abandoned talks for now.
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Three Maine independent physician practices—OA-Centers for Orthopaedics, Central Maine Orthopaedics and Spectrum Medical Group—have signed a letter of intent to explore merging their practices.
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Rulon Stacey, president of the University of Colorado Health, discusses hospital consolidation with Merrill Goozner, Modern Healthcare's editor, at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago.
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A case that touches a flashpoint between the hospital and insurance industries—whether hospital mergers spur rising healthcare prices—is headed to a federal appeals court this week.
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