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Valeant to buy Medicis Pharmaceutical for $2.6 billion
Sept. 4, 2012
The request on a new silicone product is separate from a review of the substance’s safety.
April 5, 2005
Mentor Corp. said Sunday that it had made an unsolicited takeover offer for Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., a Scottsdale, Ariz., drug maker that is embroiled in a bidding war of its own for Inamed Corp.
Nov. 21, 2005
Medicis’ request is the latest move in its battle with Allergan to buy the breast implant maker.
Nov. 23, 2005
The firm’s board says a revised $3.2-billion offer from Allergan, maker of Botox, is a better deal.
Dec. 7, 2005
The move allows rival Allergan to proceed with a higher $3.42-billion buyout offer for the maker of breast implants.
Dec. 14, 2005
Mentor Corp. said it dropped its $2.2-billion bid for Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Feb. 7, 2006
Botox maker Allergan Inc. has made a $3.2-billion offer to buy a Santa Barbara breast implant company, illustrating how cosmetic medicine is evolving from a niche business to a lucrative part of the pharmaceutical mainstream.
Nov. 16, 2005
Cosmetic surgery product maker Inamed Corp. said its board of directors had instructed management to evaluate a proposed $3.2-billion cash-and-stock takeover bid from Botox maker Allergan Inc. that could trump a competing offer.
Nov. 17, 2005
Santa Barbara-based Inamed Corp., one of only two makers of breast implants in the U.S., said Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by skin products manufacturer Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. for about $2.6 billion in cash and stock.
March 22, 2005