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Novartis bought 52% stake from Nestlé for $28.1 Billion. This deal brought the total ownership of Alcon by Novartis to 77%. Beginning January 2010 Novartis formally announced it will be completing the exercise options for finishing purchasing the rest of Alcon and then promptly continue to exercise merger and takeover of Alcon. [12] [13]
Nestlé owned 100% of Alcon in 1978. In 2002 Nestlé sold 23.2% of its Alcon shares on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2008 Nestlé sold 24.8% of existing Alcon shares to the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis. In 2010 Nestlé sold the remaining 52% of its Alcon shares to Novartis. Novartis paid a total of 39.1 bn USD.
The total cost to Novartis for the 77% stake in Alcon was $38.7 billion ($168 per share). In the deal's first phase, Novartis acquired a 25% stake in Alcon from Nestlé for $10.4 billion in July 2008.
Alcon: At the time Novartis bought Alcon, they had annual sales of $6.5 billion and a net income of $2 billion. [127] In April 2019, Novartis completed the spin-off of Alcon as a separate commercial entity. [73] Sandoz: As of 2013, Sandoz has been recognized as the world's second-largest generic drug company.
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The origins of Galderma date back to 1961 and the founding of the Owen dermatology company in Dallas, Texas, USA by M. Owen. [5]. In 1979, Professor Hans Schaefer founded the International Center for Dermatological Research (CIRD) in Sophia Antipolis, with the support of the CEO of L'Oréal, François Dalle, who wanted to diversify his cosmetic research into the drug sector.
1. 2015. Pfizer. Allergan, plc. 160. 206. In November 2015 Pfizer announced it would acquire Allergan, plc for $160 billion ($206 billion, adjusted for inflation). However, this deal was cancelled in April 2016 due to new US tax inversion rules. [ 12][ 13] Had this transaction been completed, this would have been the largest within this industry.