Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
20/11/2025 15:16
Adds: Solventum, Abbott, Enterprise Products Partners, Generali Updates: Nov 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Thursday: ** Medical device maker Solventumsaid it would acquire privately held Acera Surgical for up to $850 million to expand its wound-care portfolio. nL4N3WW15F ** Enterprise Products Partners said that Exxon Mobil will buy a 40% stake in its Bahia natural gas liquids pipeline and help expand the system to handle growing Permian Basin volumes. nL4N3WW0YL ** Abbott said it would buy cancer-test maker Exact Sciences in a deal valued at up to $23 billion, including debt, marking one of its largest acquisitions in nearly a decade and its first major push into cancer screening. nL4N3WW10E ** Insurer Generali , Milan-listed BFF Bank and France's BPCE have advanced to the second round of bidding to acquire European life-insurance consolidator GamaLife from Apax Partners, two sources familiar with the matter said. nL6N3WV0RV ** Palo Alto Networks said it will buy cloud management and monitoring company Chronosphere for $3.35 billion, as the cybersecurity firm looks to strengthen its AI offerings. nL4N3WV1T8 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Arnav Mishra in Bengaluru) ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))