Amgen Inc. has agreed to acquire Horizon Therapeutics PLC in an all-cash deal valued at $27.8 billion, marking the largest healthcare merger of the year.
Under the terms of the deal, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, Amgen will pay $116.50 for each Horizon share owned. The offer was equal to a premium of 19.7% over the stock’s closing price Friday at $97.29.
Thanks. I’m personally not inexperienced in Pharma & struggling with the size of this deal, overall & on this focus area, which to me can resemble made up diseases for molecule gallery pageants & like negative placebo via DTC ad spam allowed in some markets, most overt missed.
Antitrust laws are a joke.
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