August round-up of pharmaceutical and biotech M&A activity

4 September 2018
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There were signs that the pharma M&A market was getting back to business as summer drew to a close in the northern hemisphere.

A couple of big players in the industry were among those making acquisitions, and one of them - the diabetes specialist Novo Nordisk (NOV: N) - was responsible for the biggest deal of the month with its $800 million buy of Ziylo.

The biggest total spend on acquisitions during the month was forked out by Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS), a fast-growing US biotech, which announced two separate deals.

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