M&A

• UK PE firm Permira is seeking to sell contract drugmaker Cambrex for $4B Bloomberg

  
  

• Evernorth, the health services division of insurer Cigna, invested $3.5B in specialty pharmacy solutions company Shields Health Solutions Yahoo.Finance

  
  

• VSP Vision, the owner of Marchon Eyewear agreed to acquire rival Italian eyewear manufacturer Marcolin from PAI Partners, who was seeking a $1.2B valuation Reuters

  
  

• IKEA-linked foundation Interogo Foundation is seeking to sell a portfolio of UK hotels for $673M Bloomberg

  
  

• Building materials giants CRH and Heidelberg Materials are among suitors for Nordic construction firm NCC's asphalt and paving unit Bloomberg 

  
  

• Australia's Macquarie acquired a 40% stake in Portuguese hospital operator Luz Saude for $363M Reuters