UDG has $500 million war chest for acquisitions as talks under way

The Dublin-based healthcare specialist UDG has about $500 million (€420 million) to spend on deals and is currently in talks with a number of companies.

The company completed six acquisitions in its 2017 financial year, the most it has ever concluded, and its chief executive Brendan McAtamney told investors that it had between $450-500 million to spend.

“I’ve often said, I prefer larger [acquisitions] than smaller ones because there’s sometimes just as much ...