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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. / Bausch + Lomb

2013 · Acquisition/Merger · $8.7B · Complete

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May 27, 2013 Bloomberg Neutral

Valeant's $8.7 billion deal for Bausch & Lomb, the eye-care company owned by Warburg Pincus, positions Canada's largest drugmaker to compete globally in the…

Jun 01, 2013 Financier Worldwide Bullish

Warburg Pincus roughly tripled its 2007 take-private investment; Valeant CEO Pearson framed the deal as putting Valeant 'among the 15 largest global…

Apr 08, 2016 Fortune Neutral

Three years on, the B+L unit was the best-performing asset Valeant owned and arguably the only piece worth the original price — a retroactive vindication of…

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Valeant agreed to acquire Bausch + Lomb from Warburg Pincus-led group for $8.7B cash ($4.5B to investors, $4.2B to repay B+L debt); created global eye-health platform with pro-forma 2013 net revenue >$3.5B.

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