Teva drops buyout bid for Mylan

Israeli company drops buyout bid for Mylan
Israeli company drops buyout bid for Mylan

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Israeli pharmaceutical company pushing for a Mylan buyout dropped its bid according to reports Monday afternoon. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will instead buy Dublin based Allergan’s generic drug business. In a Reuters article, Gilad Alper, an analyst at brokerage Excellence Nessuah, commented, “Allergan’s business is more high-end (than Mylan). It’s a more interesting business … a profitable business and it’s well managed.” Teva will pay a half billion dollars more for Allergan than was offered in the hostile bid for Mylan. Mylan had called the $40 billion dollar offer an unsolicited expression of interest and issued a statement Monday. Mylan Executive Chairman Robert J. Coury stated: “We congratulate Teva on their agreement to acquire Allergan’s generics business and welcome their continued, and potentially enhanced, commitment to the generics industry. As Teva continues to move forward with their strategy, Mylan’s strategic focus remains unchanged.” Mylan has continued interest in purchasing Irish company Perrigo.