Pfizer said yesterday that it will buy Biohaven Pharma for about $11.6 billion in cash.
Pfizer will acquire all the outstanding shares of Biohaven not already owned by Pfizer for $148.50 per share in cash, a 78.6 per cent premium to Biohaven’s last closing price.
Biohaven shareholders, including Pfizer, will also get 0.5 of a share of a new publicly-traded company that will retain Biohaven’s non-migraine treatments that are in the development stage.
In November, Pfizer acquired overseas marketing rights to two migraine drugs from Biohaven for up to $1.24 billion, with Pfizer taking a 2.6 per cent equity stake in the smaller company.
Edits by EP News Bureau