07.04.2016
- The targeted $160 billion merger between Pfizer and Allergan has run afoul of new anti-inversion legislation proposed by the US Treasury, as had been predicted by most deal...
06.04.2016
- What a difference a day makes. On Apr. 3, European time, Pfizer and Allergan said the US Federal Trade Commission’s deeper probe into their potential merger, the so-called second...
05.04.2016
- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Pfizer and Allergan for more information in relation with its antitrust review of their proposed merger. The so-called second...
11.03.2016
- As mooted earlier in the week, the European Commission (EC) has given its approval for Israel-based Teva’s planned $40.5 billion acquisition of the generics arm of Ireland...
03.03.2016
- Canada-based, US-managed drug firm Valeant Pharmaceuticals has confirmed it is under another investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the latest in a string...
12.02.2016
- US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has unveiled the executive leadership team foreseen for its envisaged $160 million merger with Allergan and the move of the company’s official...
12.01.2016
- Globally, mergers and acquisitions at a value of USD 372 billion were recorded in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector in 2015. This amounts to an increase of 74% compared with...
24.11.2015
- Confirming rumors of the past weekend, US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has said it will buy drugmaker Allergan for $160 million and move its headquarters to Ireland. The ever faster...
