Sun Pharma hopes to turn fortunes of Ranbaxy around with $3.2B buyout

Sun Pharma hopes to turn fortunes of Ranbaxy around with $3.2B buyout

The all-stock deal would make Daiichi Sankyo Sun’s largest shareholder with a 9% stake
April 7, 2014 | By

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has been shopping for deals that would give it more exposure to the U.S. market, and now it has pulled off a stunner. The Indian drugmaker will pay $3.2 million to buy competitor Ranbaxy Laboratories, a company with serious issues but one with big potential in the world’s largest market.

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