A chocolate company is buying a baby food company from a drug company. Swiss company Nestle is the world's biggest food and drink company. they 're known primarily in the United States for the brand of chocolate with the company's name on it. They have a large market share of infant nutritional products in the developing world, but none in the US. They 're paying $5.5 billion to Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis for Gerber Products. which has a 79% share of the US baby food market. Nestle tried to buy Gerber in 1994, losing to pharmaceutical company Sandoz. which later merged with Ciba Geigy to form Novartis. Novartis is selling their baby food business to focus on health care products.