Pfizer to buy Biohaven Pharmaceutical in $11.6 billion deal -Breaking
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – The Pfizer logo can be seen in the illustration, taken May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration(Reuters] -Pfizer Inc stated Tuesday that it was buying Biohaven Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, a manufacturer of migraine drugs for approximately $11.6 billion.
Pfizer (NYSE:) will buy all outstanding Biohaven shares not owned by Pfizer at $148.50 per share cash. This is a 78.6% discount to Biohaven’s closing price.
Biohaven shareholders including Pfizer will receive 0.5 shares of a newly traded company. This new company will keep Biohaven’s non-migraine therapies that are still in development.
Pfizer purchased overseas rights for two Biohaven migraine medications in November. Pfizer also took a 2.6% equity share of the small company.
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