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Pfizer in talks on $5 billion acquisition: media

American drugmaker Pfizer is close to a deal to purchase Global Blood Therapeutics, which manufactures a recently approved drug against sickle-cell anemia, for $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

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AmSurg to buy Sheridan Healthcare for about $2.35B

AmSurg says it will spend about $2.35 billion to buy Sheridan Healthcare in a cash and stock deal that adds physician outsourcing services to the ambulatory surgery center operator's portfolio.

Medications

US drugs firm Mylan completes $1.75 bln India buyout

US generic drug specialist Mylan said Thursday it had completed its $1.75 billion acquisition of a unit of India's Strides Arcolab, boosting its presence in the high-growth injectable drugs market.