Add-on Acquisition • Medical Products

Allergan Acquires Watson Pharmaceuticals

On August 28, 2000, Allergan acquired medical products company Watson Pharmaceuticals

Acquisition Context

This is Allergan’s 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
This is Allergan’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
This is Allergan’s 2nd transaction in New Jersey.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	August 28, 2000
Target	Watson Pharmaceuticals
Sector	Medical Products
Buyer(s)	Allergan
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

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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Buyer

Allergan

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1956
Sector	Life Science
Employees	31,200
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 Context for Buyer	#
Overall	3 of 38
Sector: Medical Products	1 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition	2 of 31
State: New Jersey	2 of 4
Country: United States	3 of 27
Year: 2000	2 of 2

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2000-08-28	Actavis Pharma Parsippany, New Jersey, United States Actavis Pharma, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products.	Buy	-

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TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2000-08-28

Actavis Pharma

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Actavis Pharma, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2006-04-13	Watson Pharma Private Mumbai, India Watson Pharma Private Ltd is a manufacturer of chemicals and generic pharmaceutical products.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

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2006-04-13

Watson Pharma Private

Mumbai, India

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

Buy

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