Valeant acquires Amarin’s U.S. drug company
Executive Summary
Valeant to acquire Amarin's U.S. pharmaceutical business for $46 mil. The purchase will expand Valeant's CNS business (which includes Mestinon for myasthenia gravis) by adding Amarin's Parkinson's therapies Permax (pergolide) and Zelapar (rapid-dissolving selegiline), which is "approvable" at FDA. Amarin retains exclusive U.S. rights to LAX-101, in Phase III for Huntington's Disease. The Valeant deal will help cover Amarin's outstanding financial obligations of $24.4 mil. to Elan regarding Zelapar (1"The Pink Sheet" Aug. 6, 2001, p. 36)...