2015年4月9日讯 /生物谷BIOON/ --美国仿制药巨头迈兰（Mylan）近日宣布，已向美国百利高（Perrigo）发出了一份高达290亿美元的并购要约。据悉，百利高是全球主要的保健品供应商及最大的非处方药（OTC）和营养产品制造商。该笔并购案如果成功完成，将缔造出全球最大的仿制药（generic drug）和非处方药（OTC）生产商，同时将成为专科药品和营养品领域的领导者。迈兰的现金-股票报价约合每股205美元，较Perrigo公司周二收盘价溢价24%。

迈兰称，已在周一向百利高提交了并购要约。百利高也证实已收到并购要约，目前正在与董事会讨论。消息发布后，百利高股价飙升18%至195美元，迈兰股价飙升8.79%。

迈兰表示，公司合并后，按2014年计算的年收入可达到153亿美元，而通过进一步的收购，合并后的公司将得到更进一步的发展。迈兰还表示，希望由迈兰的高管来执掌新公司，包括公司董事长Robert Coury和首席执行官Heather Bresch。

迈兰最畅销的产品是EpiPen Auto Injector（肾上腺素自动注射器），这是由辉瑞生产的一种治疗急性过敏反应的药物。根据迈兰公布的数据，该公司2014年来自EpiPen的收入为11.9亿美元，这是该公司实现年收入10亿美元的首个产品。不过，迈兰的主要业务来自于仿制药，该公司是美国最大的仿制药商。此外，迈兰还生产药物活性成分及其他产品。

去年7月，迈兰支付53亿美元收购雅培（Abbott）旗下仿制药业务，并于今年2月将总部迁册至荷兰成功实现避税。之前，迈兰总部位于美国宾夕法尼亚州。而百利高在2013年12月以86亿美元收购爱尔兰制药商Elan后也将总部从美国密歇根迁册至爱尔兰，意在大幅降低企业税收。（生物谷Bioon.com）

英文原文：Mylan offers to buy rival generic drugmaker Perrigo for $205 per share, or almost $29 billion

NEW YORK, N.Y. - In a deal that would combine two generic drugmakers that recently left the U.S. for Europe, Mylan says it wants to buy Perrigo for $205 per share, or $28.86 billion.

Shares of both companies climbed to all-time highs on the news. If they combine, Mylan and Perrigo would become one of the world\'s largest makers of generic and over-the-counter medicines.

Mylan said the combined company would have had $15.3 billion in revenue in 2014 and would also be a leader in specialty drugs and nutritional products. It said the combined company would be able to grow even further with additional acquisitions.

Mylan\'s cash-and-stock offer comes at a premium of 24 per cent to Tuesday\'s closing price for Perrigo shares. Mylan says it delivered a proposal to Perrigo on Monday. Perrigo confirmed that it received the offer and said its board will discuss the proposal.

Mylan said it wants the combined company led by Mylan executives including Chairman Robert Coury and CEO Heather Bresch.

Shares of Perrigo jumped $30.29, or 18 per cent, to $195 after trading as high as $215.73. Mylan shares peaked at $70.21 and closed up $8.79, or 14.8 per cent, at $68.36.

Mylan NV\'s bestselling product is the EpiPen Auto Injector, an emergency treatment for allergic reactions made by Pfizer. Mylan reported $1.19 billion in revenue from EpiPen in 2014 and the company says EpiPen is its first product to reach $1 billion in annual sales. However most of the company\'s business comes from generic drugs, or lower-cost versions of medications, and the company says it is the biggest seller of generic drugs in the U.S. It also makes pharmaceutical ingredients and other products.

Mylan relocated to the Netherlands in February after it paid $5.3 billion to buy a unit of Abbott Laboratories that sells specialty drugs and generic drugs that are marketed under brand names. Mylan had been based in Pennsylvania.

Perrigo Co. moved from Michigan to Ireland in December 2013 after it bought Elan Corp. for $8.6 billion.

The moves slashed both companies\' tax bills.

In 2014 a spate of U.S. companies acquired foreign companies and then reincorporated in their target\'s home country. The move, called a corporate inversion or tax inversion, allowed the companies to move to nations with lower taxes than the U.S. The tactic was criticized by President Obama and others, and in September the U.S. Treasury Department changed some of its rules to make the tactic less attractive. Some companies that had been considering inversions backed away from the move.

Last month Perrigo bought Omega Pharma of Belgium for $4.48 billion including debt. Omega was one of the largest makers of over-the-counter drugs in Europe, and Perrigo said the deal made it one of the five largest OTC product companies in the world.