Sinclair Pharma is to acquire Ashbourne Pharmaceuticals, the Northampton-based pharmaceuticals marketing company. The deal comprises an initial cash payment of £1.05m, plus the repayment of intra-grou... [more]

Claimar Care is to acquire MK Homecare, the Milton Keynes-based domiciliary care provider with 33 care workers, for up to £0.4m. The amount will be settled as a cash payment in full on competion. Clai... [more]

Four Seasons Health Care, the Wilmslow-based chain of 416 care homes and hospitals, has been acquired by finance group Three Delta for £1.4bn. Allianz said that the sale price represents around 14 t... [more]

Lyceum Capital has engaged NM Rothschild to manage the sale of UK residential-healthcare group Clinovia. Clinovia hopefully will fetch more than £50m. Clinovia previously attracted the attention of pr... [more]

Trigen, the biopharmaceutical company with offices in London and Munich, has reportedly hired US investment bank Piper Jaffray to advise on a potential sale or listing. UK-listed pharmaceuticals group... [more]

The CEO of UK biotechnology company Paradigm Therapeutics has stated that the company is looking to exit in the second half of 2007 following the completion of of an important licensing contract. Opti... [more]

UK-listed pharmaceuticals company Skyepharma is still set to divest all or part of its injectables business by the end of the year according to an insider. The business, which is based in San Diego, h... [more]

Independent Living Group, the UK nursing home group, has been put up for sale with an estimated price tag of around £60m. The company caters for people with learning difficulties and has 20 homes acr... [more]

RM is to acquire Music Education Supplies (MES), the supplier of school equipment, for up to £1m. MES specialises in nursery and primary school music, supplying instruments, books and other related pr... [more]

Healthcare at Home, the UK health-care services company, has been put on the market by private-equity owner Apax Partners. Apax has injected £1.3m over 11 years and stands to do well out of any sale. ... [more]

Acambis' appointment of Peter Fellner has added to expectations that the listed UK-based biotechnology firm may be sold. Fellner is seen as a dealmaker. Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck, the pharma... [more]

Fresh Breath, the company behind the Dentyl mouthwash brand, could be sold and the rumours are that the buyer is Blistex of the United States, with Close Brothers advising on the transaction. Fresh B... [more]

United Drug has acquired the Medical Advisory Service for Travellers Abroad (MASTA), the Leeds-based medical advisory service and vaccines distributor with 60 staff, for £15m. United Drug will pay and... [more]

Ultravox, the Manchester-based hearing aid retailer with 138 branches, has been acquired by Amplifon of Italy for £60m. Ultravox operates under four brand names (Ultratone, Sietech, Hearing Health and... [more]

Quantica has acquired Interactive Training Management, the work-based training company with 23 staff in Manchester, Chester and Birkenhead, for £409.8k in cash and £200k in shares. Interactive Trainin... [more]

Ascribe has acquired HE Information Systems, the supplier of clinical information systems to the NHS, for £6.5m. The deal comprises an initial cash consideration of £2.99m and £998k in shares, followe... [more]

Spacelabs Healthcare is to acquire Del Mar Reynolds Medical, the cardiac monitoring business, from Ferraris Group for £14m. A further £5m is payable subject to Del Mar hitting agreed targets for the n... [more]

Careforce has acquired Sycamore Rise, the provider of domiciliary care services with 150 staff at sites in Burnley, Clitheroe and St Anne's, for up to £1.5m. Careforce will pay £1.4m in cash, with the... [more]

Castlebeck Care Holdings, Britain's largest independent provider of specialist services for adults with learning disabilities, has been put up for sale by its owners HG Capital. HG, which has a strong... [more]

The UK-listed medical diagnostics company Ferraris is to sell off its respiratory and cardiac units in order to pay off debts. If these fail to sell then the company will have to look at other disposa... [more]