Perrigo
| Perrigo Company plc
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| legal form | public limited company |
| ISIN | IE00BGH1M568 |
| founding | 2005 |
| Seat |
Dublin , Ireland
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| management | Murray S. Kessler |
| Number of employees | 12,800 |
| sales | $ 5.281 billion |
| Branch | pharmacy |
| Website | www.perrigo.com |
| As of December 31, 2016 | |
Perrigo is the world's largest manufacturer of OTC medicines , based in Dublin . It was created in 2005 through the merger of the Israeli Agis and the L. Perrigo Company. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is included in the S&P 500 and TA-100 stock indices .
history
In July 2013, Perrigo and Élan announced that Perrigo is buying Elan for $ 8.6 billion. After the acquisition, Perrigo relocated from Allegan , Michigan to Dublin .
In November 2014, the takeover of Omega Pharma , which among other things sells food supplements under the Abtei brand, was announced. The purchase price is expected to be EUR 3.6 billion.
In April 2015, Dutch competitor Mylan announced that it would take over Perrigo for $ 28.9 billion, but withdrew its offer in November 2015 because it was only offered 40 percent of Perrigo's shares.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press report at Ciston Newswire
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2016 , accessed on October 4, 2017
- ↑ Perrigo: Perrigo History , accessed May 18, 2014.
- ↑ Perrigo Company To Acquire Elan Corporation, PLC for US $ 8.6 Billion, Establishing Premier Global Healthcare Company , PM of Perrigo Company, July 29, 2013, accessed August 4, 2013.
- ↑ New York Stock Exchange, US investors in wait position , accessed on August 4, 2013.
- ↑ Perrigo buys Omega. On: apotheke adhoc , November 6, 2014.
- ↑ Stada competitor Mylan casts an eye on Irish Perrigo ( memento from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), April 8, 2015
- ↑ Reuters : Mylan and Perrigo: Pharma wedding is over. In: Wirtschaftswoche . Handelsblatt publishing group , November 13, 2015, accessed on September 9, 2016 .