Becton Dickinson to Acquire Edwards Lifesciences’ Unit for $4.2 Billion in Cash

Becton Dickinson BDX -0.60%decrease; red down pointing triangle agreed to acquire an Edwards Lifesciences EW -0.24%decrease; red down pointing triangle unit for $4.2 billion, in one of the company’s largest of many transactions.

The medical technology company has made 113 deals dating back to March 1992, several of them with a price tag in the billions, according to data from FactSet.

Source: WSJ