M&A Deal Summary

Allergan Acquires Watson Pharma Private

On April 13, 2006, Allergan acquired healthcare services company Watson Pharma Private

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Allergan’s 2nd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Allergan’s 1st transaction in India.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-04-13
Target Watson Pharma Private
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Allergan
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Watson Pharma Private

Mumbai, India
Watson Pharma Private Ltd is a manufacturer of chemicals and generic pharmaceutical products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Allergan

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Category Company
Founded 1956
Sector Life Science
Employees31,200
Revenue 15.8B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Allergan is an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and distributing generic, brand and biosimilar products. The Company was originally established in 1956 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 38
Sector (Healthcare Services) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 31
Country (India) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-08-28 Watson Pharmaceuticals

Florham Park, New Jersey, United States

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes branded and generic pharmaceutical products. Watson pursues a growth strategy combining internal product development, strategic alliances and collaborations and synergistic acquisitions of products and businesses.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-06 Andrx

Davie, Florida, United States

Andrx Corporation is engaged in the formulation and commercialization of oral controlled-release pharmaceuticals utilizing its proprietary drug delivery technologies. In its ANDA program, Andrx is developing bio-equivalent or generic versions of selected high sales volume controlled-release brand name pharmaceuticals.

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