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Home » Johnson & Johnson moves closer to exiting the diabetes business with $2.1B LifeScan sale

Johnson & Johnson moves closer to exiting the diabetes business with $2.1B LifeScan sale

March 16, 2018 By Brad Perriello

J&J's LifeScanJohnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) took another step toward the exit door for the diabetes business, agreeing to a $2,1 billion offer from private equity shop Platinum Equity for its LifeScan blood glucose monitoring unit.

The New Brunswick, N.J.-based healthcare conglomerate early last year announced a strategic review of its LifeScan, Animas and Calibra Medical diabetes businesses and later elected to shutter the Animas insulin pump subsidiary.

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Filed Under: Diabetes, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Johnson and Johnson, LifeScan Inc.

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