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GSK plc / Novartis AG

2014 · Asset Purchase · $16.0B · Complete

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Multi-leg asset swap between GSK and Novartis announced April 22, 2014. Leg 1: GSK acquired Novartis vaccines business (excluding flu vaccines) for $7.1B. Leg 2: Novartis acquired GSK oncology portfolio (including marketed and pipeline assets) for $16B. Leg 3: GSK and Novartis combined their consumer healthcare businesses into a new joint venture (GSK 63.5%, Novartis 36.5%). Total deal value approximately $20B+. The swap fundamentally reshaped both companies strategic profiles, with GSK doubling down on vaccines/consumer and Novartis concentrating on innovative pharmaceuticals.

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