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Top 10 Pharma–Deals: The Biggest Fusions of a 265 Billion Dollar Market

Place 4 – American Home Products/Warner-Lambert – 76 billion dollars (1999/failed): The fourth place among the biggest pharma deals goes to the first and only failed takeover in the Top 10. In 1999, the US firm American Home Products failed with a friendly takeover bid for Warner Lambert. This deal, long considered a certainty, was beaten in the final straight by a better hostile takeover bid from Pfizer (see Place 2 on the following page). American Home Products received at least a little comfort for the defeat from the penalty payment Of 1.8 billion dollars. American Home Products later operated under the new name Wyeth and was likewise taken over by Pfizer in 2009 (see Place 5). (Bild: Stahlkocher/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) arrow back arrow forward Image Zoom
Place 4 – American Home Products/Warner-Lambert – 76 billion dollars (1999/failed): The fourth place among the biggest pharma deals goes to the first and only failed takeover in the Top 10. In 1999, the US firm American Home Products failed with a friendly takeover bid for Warner Lambert. This deal, long considered a certainty, was beaten in the final straight by a better hostile takeover bid from Pfizer (see Place 2 on the following page). American Home Products received at least a little comfort for the defeat from the penalty payment Of 1.8 billion dollars. American Home Products later operated under the new name Wyeth and was likewise taken over by Pfizer in 2009 (see Place 5). (Bild: Stahlkocher/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
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