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Greenhill has considerable transaction experience and a global network of corporate relationships in the Healthcare sector.  Our managing directors and professionals in North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe have executed many of the most significant and complex transactions for some of the leading companies in the industry.

Below we highlight a few of the transactions on which we have advised in this area:

DATE $   COMPANY/ASSET ACQUIRED   ACQUIROR
12-Jul-2010
Closed
NA Breast Care Business of Ethicon-Endo Surgery
Advised GTCR and Devicor Medical Products, Inc., a portfolio company of GTCR, on the acquisition of the Breast Care Business of Ethicon-Endo Surgery
Devicor Medical Products, Inc. (a GTCR portfolio company)
05-Apr-2010
Closed
$225 million Medegen, Inc
Advising Medegen, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets clinically superior disposable intravenous therapy products on its sale to CareFusion, a global medical devices company
CareFusion Corporation
23-Feb-2010
NA Heartscape Technologies, Inc.
Advised Heartscape Technologies, a medical device company on its sale of substantially all its assets to Roper Industries, a diversified growth company
Roper Industries, Inc.
04-Jan-2010
Pending
$11.2 billion+ Alcon Inc.
Advising the Independent Directors of Alcon Inc., an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, on the sale of Alcon’s outstanding publicly held interest to Novartis, a global pharmaceutical company
Novartis AG
09-Nov-2009
$327 million Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Advised Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company on the sale of its specialty pharmaceutical business to Sigma-Tau, an Italian pharmaceutical company
Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals
23-Jun-2009
$155 million Monogram Biosciences, Inc.
Advised LabCorp on the acquisition of Monogram Biosciences, a molecular diagnostics company focused on guiding and improving the treatment of serious infectious diseases and cancer
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
12-Mar-2009
$46.9 billion Genentech, Inc.
Advised Roche Holding Ltd., a world-leading provider of healthcare pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, on its acquisition of the outstanding publicly held interest in Genentech, Inc., a leading biotechnology company
Roche Holding Ltd.
01-Oct-2008
$53 million Biotage (Biosystems division)
Advised Biotage AB (OMX: BIOT), a global biotechnology company, on its strategic review resulting in the disposal of its Biosystems division which offers systems for genetic analysis mainly for use in clinical research
Qiagen NV
12-Jun-2008
$6.7 billion Applied Biosystems Group
Provided fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of the Applera Corporation on the merger of its Applied Biosystems business, which serves the life science industry, with the Invitrogen Corporation, creating a global leader in biotechnology reagents and systems
Invitrogen Corporation
22-Jan-2008
$3.4 billion Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
Advised Roche Holding Ltd., a world-leading provider of healthcare pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, on its acquisition of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a U.S. based provider of histopathology diagnostic equipment
Roche Holding Ltd.
21-May-2007
Pending
$454 million Taro Pharmaceutical Industries
Advising Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the largest Indian pharmaceutical company by market capitalization, on its acquisition of Israeli based Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, a multinational generics pharmaceutical company
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
25-Jan-2007
$3.3 billion Cardinal Health, Inc., Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services division
Provided fairness opinion to the board of directors of Cardinal Health, Inc., a global company serving the health-care industry, on the sale of its Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services business, which provides outsourced services and proprietary technologies to the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries
The Blackstone Group
06-Nov-2006
$4.2 billion Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Advised Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical provider of cardiovascular and respiratory drugs, on its sale to Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories
24-Mar-2006
$21.2 billion Schering AG
Advised Bayer on its public offer for Schering, an international pharmaceuticals group based in Berlin, Germany
Bayer AG
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