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Barr Closes Pliva Deal

October 2006 | Company News Alert

US firm Barr Laboratories has essentially closed its US$2.5bn purchase of Croatian firm Pliva, to exploit the expanding Eastern European generics market. The combination of the two companies creates the world's third largest generics operation behind Switzerland's Sandoz and Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. It is BMI's view that further consolidation among generic manufacturers is likely as competition in the sector

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