Drugs & Pharmaceuticals M&A » By The Online Investor Staff, updated Sat., Mar. 25, 1:46 PM
Recent mergers and acquisitions in the Drugs & Pharmaceuticals M&A category.
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Slide #86. AstraZeneca — Omthera
Acquirer:
AstraZeneca (AZN)
Acquiree:
Omthera (OMTH)
Details:
The stockholders of Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTH) (the "Company") voted today at a special meeting of stockholders to adopt the previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition of the Company by an affiliate of AstraZeneca PLC. The votes cast by the Company's stockholders in favor of the proposal to adopt the merger agreement represented approximately 88.3 percent of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock entitled to vote as of June 13, 2013, the record date for the special meeting.
AstraZeneca is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in pharmaceutical business focusing on the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of prescription medicines. Co. is focused on its therapy areas: Oncology, which provides Tagrisso (osimertinib) for lung cancer; BioPharmaceuticals, which provides Farxiga/ Forxiga (dapagliflozin) for Type-2 diabetes, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and chronic kidney disease; and Rare Disease, which provides Soliris (eculizumab) for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome, generalised myasthenia gravis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
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AstraZeneca is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in pharmaceutical business focusing on the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of prescription medicines. Co. is focused on its therapy areas: Oncology, which provides Tagrisso (osimertinib) for lung cancer; BioPharmaceuticals, which provides Farxiga/ Forxiga (dapagliflozin) for Type-2 diabetes, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and chronic kidney disease; and Rare Disease, which provides Soliris (eculizumab) for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome, generalised myasthenia gravis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
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