SmithKline to acquire dental-care company

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SmithKline Beecham P.L.C. (SB) announced that it will pay $1.24 billion for Block Drug Co., the Jersey City-based manufacturer of Sensodyne toothpaste and Polident denture cleanser. The acquisition will boost SB's consumer health-care business.

United Kingdom, Asset sales & divestitures, Foreign operations, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Drugs, SmithKline Beecham PLC, Block Drug Company Inc., BLOCA

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NovaCare unit's merger completed

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Norristown, Penn.-based NovaCare Employee Services will be merged with Boston, Mass.-based HR Logic Inc. HR Logic, which is a professional employer organization, offers human resource services for small and midsize companies.

Personnel Supply Services, Employment Services, NovaCare Employee Services Inc., HR Logic Inc., NCES

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Merger of drug firms is planned

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AmeriSource Health Corp. (Valley Forge, PA) will merge with Bergen Brunswig Corp. to form AmeriSource-Bergen Corp. in a $2.26 billion deal.

Organizational history, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Wholesalers, Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries, Drugs, Cosmetics, Toiletries Whsle, Drugs Wholesale, Bergen Brunswig Corp., BBC, Drug wholesalers, AmeriSource Health Corp., AmerisourceBergen Corp.

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