Adventis Group has acquired LeapFrog Medical Communications, the Surrey-based medical education company, for up to £2.6m.... [more]

TrichoTech, the Cardiff-based drugs testing company, has been acquired by investment firm Concateno for £11m.... [more]

AstraZeneca is to acquire Arrow Therapeutics, the London-based biotechnology company with 57 staff, for £76m, and has also announced plans to shed 3,000 jobs over the next three years.... [more]

AstraZeneca, the UK drugmaker is to buy privately-owned biotechnology company Arrow Pharmaceuticals in a $150m (£76.5m) cash deal. ... [more]

Novexin, the Cambridge-based biotechnology company, has reportedly hired accountancy firm Deloitte to look at strategic options for the business. Novexin specialises in providing solutions for the ana... [more]

Friary Press, the Dorset-based magazine printer with 85 staff, has been acquired by Media & Print Investments.... [more]

Moorcroft Developments, the Uttoxeter-based learning disabilities company that trades as Moorcare, has been acquired by Rushcliffe Care of Loughborough.... [more]

Evolutec, the AIM-listed biopharmaceutical company, is reportedly up for sale after the failure of one of its main products in a drugs trial.... [more]

Busy Bees, the Staffordshire-based chain of 46 childcare nurseries, is to be acquired by ABC Learning Centres of Australia for £71m.... [more]

Carter & Carter is to acquire NTP, the Sheffield-based company with 220 staff, for £7.9m.... [more]

Carter & Carter is to acquire IMS, the Bradford-based company with 30 staff, for £3.5m.... [more]

Carter & Carter is to acquire Quantica Training, the London-based vocational training company with 125 staff, for £12m.... [more]

The sale of nursing home operator Life Style Care (LSC) is understood to be underway after advisors NM Rothschild distributed information to potential buyers last week. Those who received the informat... [more]

Huntleigh Technology, the UK manufacturer of medical equipment, announced today that it is to be acquired by Getinge of Sweden for £409m. ... [more]

Galapagos, the Belgian biotechnology company, is to acquire UK-based selective drug discovery company Inpharmatica for €12.5m.... [more]

Intertek has acquired Alta Analytical Laboratory Corporation, the US pharmaceutical testing company, for £13m.... [more]

iSoft, the UK-listed medical software company, has confirmed that it has entered into talks with a number of potential buyers with a view to putting the business up for sale. ... [more]

The sale of Phadia, the global allergy-testing company, began last week with the submission of an estimated ten first round bids.... [more]

James Hull, the milliionaire dentist who runs his own dentistry chain James Hull Associates is planning to sell a majority stake in the company to fund the acquisition of up to 17 further dental pract... [more]

Careforce Group has acquired Keycare Services, the provider of domiciliary care services with 130 staff in Workington and Carlisle, for up to £1.3m. An initial payment of £1m will be made in cash and ... [more]