M&A Deal Summary

Allergan Acquires Watson Pharmaceuticals

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

Acquisition Highlights
  • 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.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-08-28
Target Watson Pharmaceuticals
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Allergan
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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(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 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 -
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 -
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