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Pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories has reached a deal to buy Facet Biotech for an estimated £300 million, it has been announced.
The acquisition will see Abbott venture further into the biotechnology treatment field, as well as adding a potential multiple sclerosis drug to its treatment stable.
Facet and partner Biogen Idec had hoped to move the potential treatment, daclizumab, into late-stage development within the next few months. The company also has a potential cancer treatment in development.
Abbott, based in Chicago, Illinois, valued the deal at a total of £483 million, a price that came down once Facet’s marketable securities and projected cash were deducted.
The buy-out will not affect the company’s profit expectations for 2010, although a one-off sum will undoubtedly be charged.
Facet, based in California, was advised by Centerview Partners throughout negotiations.
Copyright Press Association 2010
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