Lifescan Accelerates its Dealmaking
Executive Summary
Less than a month after the LifeScan subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson said it was buying Inverness Medical Technologies, one of its main suppliers, it solidified another old friendship, this time with Novo Nordisk, the Danish maker of insulin and insulin delivery systems. The two companies announced a global alliance to develop and market a series of diabetes management devices--but withheld details. The two companies had previously teamed up in 1995.