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July 12, 2010 at 2:39 p.m.
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Filed under: M&A, Pharmaceuticals

$480M J&J deal heats up neuro-device market

By Dow Jones Newswires

Johnson & Johnson said Monday it plans to bolster its lineup of stroke-prevention products by buying Micrus Endovascular Corp. for about $480 million, marking the latest deal in a neurovascular-device market that appears to be heating up.

J&J’s planned purchase of San Jose, Calif.-based Micrus comes weeks after rival Covidien PLC  announced plans to buy ev3 Corp. , a Micrus rival, for $2.6 billion. Leerink Swann analyst Rick Wise said the Covidien-ev3 combination may have spurred on J&J amid a trend of focusing more on bundled portfolios of products. Get the full story »

July 8, 2010 at 1:37 p.m.
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Filed under: Consumer news, Pharmaceuticals, Recalls

Recall of odd-smelling Tylenol, Motrin expanded

By Associated Press

Johnson & Johnson is expanding a recall of over-the-counter drugs including Tylenol and Motrin IB because of a musty or moldy smell.

The McNeil Consumer Healthcare business says it is recalling 21 lots of over-the-counter drugs sold in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Fiji, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Get the full story »

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