(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Plc said it would acquire Durata Therapeutics Inc in a deal valued at about $675 million to bolster its infectious disease portfolio.
Durata's shares were trading up 77 percent at $24.55 premarket, above Actavis'...
Company: TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD; SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD; DURATA THERAPEUTICS INC; MYLAN INC; ACTAVIS INC; DEBEVOISE AND PLIMPTON LLP; MERRILL LYNCH AND CO INC
Industry: (Drug Approval Process (1DR91); Drug Discovery & Development Process (1DR41); Pharmaceuticals Research & Development (1PH57); Pharmaceuticals (1PH33); Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Industry Highlights (1PH07); Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology (1PH13); Generic Drugs (1GE93))
Region: (Northern Europe (1NO01); Europe (1EU83); Western Europe (1WE41); Iceland (1IC78))
Language: EN
Other Indexing: (Dorr LLP) (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale)
Keywords: securities; ma (MCC:OEC); (N2:US); (N2:AMERS); (N2:USA); (MCCL:OVR); (MCCL:OEC)