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| Acquiring Party | Siemens AG, a Germany-based engineering products conglomerate. |
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| Transferring Party | The Bayer Diagnostic Unit of Bayer AG, a major pharmaceutical and consumer products manufacturer, also based in Germany. |
| Sector | Diagnostics |
| Date | March 2, 2007 |
| Analysis This $5.3b acquisition, the second major purchase by Siemens' healthcare unit in two months, will make Siemens the world's second largest player in immunodiagnostics. Combines imaging diagnostics, laboratory diagnostics and clinical IT under one roof. Siemens previously agreed to buy U.S. in-vitro diagnostics specialist Diagnostic Products Corp. which makes body fluid analyzers, for $1.86b. | |
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