Roche Holding AG is considering options for its diabetes-care business including a sale, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The alternatives for the unit could include a partial sale or spinoff and the sale could fetch as much as $5 billion, Bloomberg also reported.
The Swiss drugmaker had said last year that it has no plans to sells its diabetes testing business.
Johnson & Johnson said last week that it is looking to divest its diabetes division, while Bayer AG sold its diabetes business to KKR and Panasonic in 2015, for $1.1 billion.
Roche was not immediately available for comment outside regular business hours.
By Parikshit Mishra
Source: Reuters
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Following years of push-and-pull over the German conglomerate’s top post, Bayer has quietly started a hunt for Baumann’s successor, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing people close to the matter. The new CEO search may portend an early departure for Baumann, whose contract with Bayer isn’t set to expire until April 2024.
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