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5 top billion-dollar-plus healthcare deals in 2015

Eleven healthcare deals valued at more than $1 billion each have been recorded so far in 2015, according to a report from Irving Levin Associates.

Those 11 deals have a combined value of $64.4 billion, with the pharmaceuticals sector's $30.45 billion in deals making up the largest portion of the total.

Here are the five top billion-dollar-plus healthcare deals that have been recorded in 2015.

1. AbbVie's purchase of Pharmacyclics — $21 billion

2. Pfizer's purchase of Hospira — $17 billion

3. Valeant Pharmaceuticals' purchase of Salix Pharmaceuticals — $10.1 billion

4. Shire's purchase of NPS Pharmaceuticals — $5.2 billion

5. Mallinckrodt's purchase of Ikaria — $2.3 billion

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