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...
10.03.2010
- Eli Hurvitz is standing down from the chairmanship of Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries , ending a 30-year term at the company during which he led it to become the world's...
09.03.2010
- Actavis, the indebted Icelandic generic drugs maker looking to buy German peer Ratiopharm, has raised the prospect of taking the enlarged company public should it win the auction...
08.03.2010
- Pfizer wheeled out its chief executive and pledged to invest in growth as it sought to win the bidding to buy German generic drugmaker Ratiopharm, sources familiar with the...
04.03.2010
- A bold plan to combine Germany's Ratiopharm and Iceland's Actavis, two of the world's biggest generic drugmakers, could cure a multi billion-euro debt headache for Deutsche Bank...
03.03.2010
- Pfizer is set to present a nearly $4 billion offer for German generic-drug maker Ratiopharm this week, competing against rival bids from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Actavis...
18.02.2010
- Actavis will forgo backing from Swedish buyout firm EQT as it prepares to square off against larger peer Teva in the bidding for generic drug maker Ratiopharm, several people...
17.02.2010
- The field of bidders for Germany's second-largest generic-drug maker, Ratiopharm, will be narrowed to one or two contestants this week, people familiar with the auction have told...