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Pfizer Inc. / Baxter International Inc. (commercial vaccines portfolio)

2014 · Asset Purchase · $635M · Complete

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Jul 24, 2014 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Neutral

Pfizer acquiring two Baxter vaccines for $635M; the two products had combined expected 2014 sales of $300 million and are sold primarily in European markets.

Jul 30, 2014 BioPharma-Reporter Bullish

BioPharma-Reporter highlighted the strategic logic of Pfizer absorbing Baxter's Orth, Austria vaccine plant as ex-US infrastructure to support both NeisVac-C…

Dec 02, 2014 BioPharma Dive Bullish

BioPharma Dive reported deal close on Dec 2, 2014, framing the $635M acquisition as Pfizer adding 'value, scale, and depth' to its Prevnar-led vaccine…

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Pfizer agreed to acquire Baxter's commercial vaccines portfolio—NeisVac-C meningococcal vaccine and FSME-IMMUN/TicoVac tick-borne encephalitis vaccine—for $635M cash, complementing its Prevnar franchise. Closed December 1, 2014; aligned with Baxter's preparation to spin off Baxalta.

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