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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 --- 80 days ago http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/05/bristol-myers-squibbs-recent-deals-prel
| Filed under: Deals , Private equity , Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) It's been slow, but the private equity folks are starting to warm up to dealmaking. In fact, a key deal came last week as Nordic Capital Fund VII and Avista Capital Partners agreed to plunk down $4.1 billion for ConvaTec, a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE: BMY ).
ConvaTec, which focuses on wound care, has been a star performer over the years. What's more, the deal will allow Bristol-Myers to devote its resources to its core pharma business, which certainly has some challenges - especially as drugs come off patent.
In addition, the deal has a global flavor as Nordic Capital is in Europe and Avista in the US.
It also looks like Bristol-Myers is not finished with its own dealmaking. For example, the company says it plans to launch a public offering of its Mead Johnson division.
What this really looks like, however, is that all these actions, for the most part, may just be a prelude for Bristol-Myers to sell itself to a mega pharma company.
Tom Taulli is the author of various books, including The Complete M&A Handbook and The Edgar Online Guide to Decoding Financial Statements . He also operates MergerBook.com . Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments ... |
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