02.09.2014
- The first half suggests that 2014 will be a record year for M&A in pharmaceuticals, with the size of deals having increased substantially over prior years. In 2011, the deal volume...
02.07.2013
- Two U.S. drugs distribution groups McKesson and Cardinal Health are both in talks to possibly take a stake in German drugs company Celesio, two industry sources familiar with the...
23.04.2012
- Europe's largest drugs distributor Celesio is set to significantly boost its stake in Brazil's largest drugs distributor Panpharma from currently 50.1%, two people with the matter...
27.09.2011
- Pharmaceutical and healthcare service provider Celesio and Medco Health Solutions Tuesday said they have mutually agreed to terminate their collaboration on offering services for...
27.06.2011
- Celesio has appointed Markus Pinger, currently a member of the management board at Beiersdorf, as new chairman of the management board and CEO of the company. Pinger will assume...
17.03.2011
- Celesio's Chief Executive Fritz Oesterle, who has had a strained relationship with the company's majority shareholder, is stepping down after more than 12 years in office. "Fritz...
06.07.2010
- Phoenix, Europe's second-largest drugs distributor, said on Monday it had secured its independence and a platform for growth by winning lenders' backing for a financial overhaul...
11.03.2010
- Ratiopharm owner Ludwig Merckle has turned down offers for drugs distributor Phoenix, as he struggles to retain control over his late father's diminished business empire, sources...