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...






