Pfizer to Buy King Pharma For $3.6 billion In Cash

October 12, 2010

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Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, has agreed to buy King Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $3.6 billion in a move to shore up earnings ahead of the looming evaporation of revenue from Lipitor, its biggest product.

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