Two years after Germany’s Fresenius Medical Care walked away from a 2017 $4.3 billion deal to acquire Akorn Pharmaceuticals, the Illinois-based company filed for protection under U.S. bankruptcy laws in an attempt to restructure for a potential sale.
Copenhagen-based Zealand Pharma announced a bid to buy substantially all the assets from New Jersey-based Valeritas in $23 million in cash and taking on certain liabilities.
Bausch Health Companies Inc. was selected as the successful bidder to acquire certain assets of Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. for a cash purchase price of approximately $195 million and the assumption of certain assumed liabilities, pursuant to the terms of the stalking horse asset purchase agreement previously entered into.