Pfizer Sells Nutrition Portfolio To Nestle For Nearly $12B, Widening Nestle’s Reach In Emerging Markets
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Pfizer’s price of $11.85 billion for selling its pediatric nutritionals business to Nestle came in at the upper end of what most analysts expected. It plans to use the cash it expects to receive – nearly $9 billion – mostly for share repurchases and ‘”tuck-in” M&A.
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