M&A Deal Summary

Allergan Acquires Arrow Group

On June 17, 2009, Allergan acquired life science company Arrow Group for 1.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Allergan’s 3rd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Allergan’s 8th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Allergan’s 1st transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-06-17
Target Arrow Group
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Allergan
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.8B USD

Target

Arrow Group

Horsholm, Denmark
Founded in 2000, Arrow Group is a global generic pharmaceutical company. With commercial operations in over 20 countries, Arrow's geographic reach comprises a mix of established, growing and emerging markets worldwide. The company operates as Arrow Generics in the United Kingdom, as Cobalt Pharmaceuticals in the U.S. and Canada and as Arrow Generiques in France. Arrow also manages strategically located production facilities in Brazil, Canada and Malta, and employs 250 at its Australia-based R&D facility.

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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 7 of 38
Sector (Life Science) 3 of 23
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 31
Country (Denmark) 1 of 1
Year (2009) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-21 ZAO ZiO-Zdorovie

Podolsk, Russia

ZAO ZiO-Zdorovie is a pharmaceutical company.

Buy €47M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-28 GeneraMedix Pharmaceuticals

Libert Corner, New Jersey, United States

GeneraMedix Pharmaceuticals, based in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, is an international generic pharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and sale of injectable products utilized in hospitals and specialty clinics.

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