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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 1Q06



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Acquiring Party    Bayer AG, a global pharmaceutical, diagnostics and industrial products manufacturer, based in Germany.
Transferring Party    Schering AG, a large biopharmaceutical manufacturer, contraceptives and genetic technologies.
Sector    Biopharmaceuticals
Date    March 23, 2006
Analysis
The white-knight offer (countering German Merck KGaA's bid) grows Bayer's pharmaceutical specialty product business (its primary growth engine), adds an innovative product portfolio and a well-stocked pipeline. Deal value $21.2b, with prospective cost savings of more than $840m. Schering's sales and EBITDA were about $6.39b (3.3x) and $1.5b (14.1x).




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