AmerisourceBergen Strikes $6.5bn Deal For Alliance

Expects To Be Bolstered By Alliance Healthcare’s Generics Assets In Europe

AmerisourceBergen has struck a $6.5bn deal to acquire the majority of the Alliance Healthcare businesseses from Walgreens Boots Alliance, giving it access to Alliance’s generics assets in Europe.

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AmerisourceBergen has struck a $6.5bn deal for Alliance • Source: Shutterstock

US wholesaler and healthcare services provider AmerisourceBergen has struck a $6.5bn deal with Walgreens Boots Alliance to acquire the majority of the firm’s Alliance Healthcare unit, “one of the largest pharmaceutical wholesalers in Europe,” with a significant UK business. The deal value comprises $6.275bn in cash and 2 million shares of AmerisourceBergen common stock.

Highlighting as part of the deal package Alliance’s Almus range of generics – which it described as “the number one...

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