Forest Labs To Pay $1.2B For Clinical Data

Forest Laboratories will acquire Clinical Data to add to its portfolio of drugs to treat depression.

Forest Laboratories will acquire Clinical Data to add to its portfolio of drugs to treat depression, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company will pay about $30 a share in cash, totaling about $1.2 billion.

It will also pay an additional $6 a share based on the sales of performance of its approved antidepressant, Viibryd. The deal is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2011.

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