CVS Health Corp said on Tuesday Walmart Inc is leaving its network for commercial and Medicaid prescription drug plans after the two companies failed to agree on pricing.

Danish hearing aid maker Widex and German rival Sivantos have reopened an application seeking European Commission approval for their planned $8 billion merger, public records show.

The Justice Department has said in a court filing that a partial government shutdown could delay its response to comments on pharmacy chain CVS Health Corp's purchase of health insurer Aetna, a necessary step in a court giving final approval to the deal.

Eli Lilly said on Monday it will buy Loxo Oncology Inc for $8 billion, an expensive bet on a pipeline of cancer drugs that target rare genetic mutations and the biggest acquisition in the drugmaker's 143-year history. The price represents a 68 percent premium to Loxo's Friday share price close, which some Wall Street analysts said was high for a company with only one drug on the market that it shares with a partner.

EarlySense, an Israeli maker of medical monitoring systems, said on Monday it raised $39 million in financing led by medical technology firm Hill-Rom  and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the venture capital arm of Wells Fargo & Co.

Australian medical center operator Healius Ltd on Monday rejected a A$1.7 billion ($1.21 billion) buyout approach from China's Jangho Group Co Ltd , denting its shares but leaving investors hoping for a higher offer.

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC is working on an offer to acquire General Electric Co's aircraft leasing operations, which are worth as much as $40 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

German artificial limb maker Ottobock's potential stock market listing will not take place before 2020, its chief executive told a German newspaper.

NEW YORK (LPC) - Record financing for mergers and acquisitions as well as a push to lock in borrowing costs before interest rates headed higher drove US syndicated loan issuance to an all-time high of $2.6 trillion in 2018, surpassing by 6 percent the prior record set a year earlier.

Chinese construction company Jangho Group Co Ltd has proposed to acquire medical center operator Healius Ltd for A$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion), marking what would be one of the mainland's biggest healthcare plays in Australia.