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FACTBOX: Largest healthcare acquisitions

TEVA/BRL deal ranks as the third biggest healthcare deal, both worldwide and in the U.S., this year. It trails Novartis' pending $38 billion acquisition of Alcon and Takeda's $8.7 billion acquisition of Millennium.
In terms of all healthcare deals on record, the Barr-Teva deal ranks as the 36th-biggest worldwide healthcare deal of all time, and the 23rd-largest ever in the United States.

The following list ranks the 10 largest healthcare deals, according to Thomson Reuters.

TARGET BUYER VALUE*

1. Warner-Lambert Co Pfizer Inc $89.2 billion

2. SmithKline Beecham Plc Glaxo Wellcome Plc $76.0 billion

3. Aventis SA Sanofi-Synthelabo SA $60.2 billion

4. Pharmacia Corp Pfizer Inc $59.5 billion

5. Alcon Inc Novartis AG $38.3 billion

6. Astra AB ZENECA Group Plc $34.6 billion

7. Ciba-Geigy AG Sandoz AG $30.1 billion

8. Guidant Corp Boston Scientific Corp $27.9 billion

9. Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc Monsanto Co $26.5 billion

10. Caremark Rx Inc CVS Corp $26.3 billion

NOTE: * Deal value excludes debt. SOURCE: Thomson Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN1840494020080718