Actavis, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical firms is buying the Botox maker, Allergan for £42billion to create one of the biggest pharmaceutical organisations in the world.
Allergan had previously fended off hostile bids from the activist investor William Ackman and Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
BOTOX® was first approved by the FDA in the USA, back in 1989 for the treatment of blepharospasm and strabismus, making it the first botulinum toxin type A product to be approved. Since then, variants of the brand have been made available for wrinkle reducing and wrinkle relaxing.
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