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Siemens AG / Bayer Diagnostics

2006 · Acquisition/Merger · $5.4B · Complete

WRONG BY 37 POINTS

Bayer Diagnostics became the core of a chronically underperforming Siemens/Healthineers Diagnostics unit that took a $1.5B+ impairment and, ~18 years later, Siemens is reportedly trying to sell the whole business for roughly what it originally paid.

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The coverage arc

Jun 30, 2006 Diagnostic Imaging Neutral

Combined with the DPC acquisition, the Bayer deal would make Siemens the third-largest IVD provider globally with 13% market share, behind Roche (22%) and…

Jul 03, 2006 FierceBiotech Neutral

Siemens to buy Bayer's diagnostics arm for EUR 4.2 billion, giving the German conglomerate a leading position in clinical chemistry and entry into molecular…

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In vitro diagnostics; EUR 4.2B; closed early 2007

Did it work? Outcome assessment

Bayer Diagnostics became the core of a chronically underperforming Siemens/Healthineers Diagnostics unit that took a $1.5B+ impairment and, ~18 years later, Siemens is reportedly trying to sell the whole business for roughly what it originally paid.

Strategic verdict
Failed to Achieve

Key facts

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