Keyword: Food & Nutrition

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BASF's Bid for Fish-oil Maker Pronova on Knife Edge

16.01.2013 - BASF's attempt to boost its nutrition business is set to go down to the wire as some investors in target Pronova rebuff the chemical group's offer ahead of a Friday deadline to...

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Merck KGaA to Resist Lure of Potential Proceeds from OTC Sale

27.11.2012 - Merck KGaA said it would keep its non-prescription drugs unit even as a tussle over vitamin maker Schiff Nutrition highlighted the rich sale premium it could fetch. Merck's...

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BASF to Buy Fish Oil Maker Pronova in $845 Million Deal

21.11.2012 - Germany's BASF is buying a maker of fish oils used in heart drugs and food supplements for an agreed $845 million, seeking steady growth in nutrition markets to complement its more...

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Bayer Shuns Bidding War with Reckitt over Schiff

20.11.2012 - German drugmaker Bayer gave up trying to buy Schiff Nutrition after Reckitt Benckiser made a higher offer for the U.S. vitamin maker. "Bayer's Board of Management has decided not...

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Bayer to Buy U.S. Vitamin Maker Schiff for $1.2 Billion

30.10.2012 - Germany's Bayer is to buy U.S. vitamins maker Schiff Nutrition International for an agreed $1.2 billion as it seeks stable sources of growth to complement its more volatile...

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Nestle Names Cantarell Head of Nutrition Unit

30.10.2012 - The world's biggest food group Nestle named Luis Cantarell as head of its nutrition division, which is grappling with the integration of the baby food business it bought from U.S...

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Nestle Invests in U.S. Medical Food for Alzheimer's

19.07.2012 - Nestle has bought a stake in U.S. firm Accera to support the rollout of a medical food brand for Alzheimer's patients, as the world's biggest food group seeks to expand in the...

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Danone Eyeing Latin American Assets post Nestle-Pfizer Deal

31.05.2012 - Danone will look at assets Nestle may need to sell to get its baby food deal with Pfizer cleared, as the French food group is keen to expand in baby milk in Latin America, mainly...