Pfizer/Allergan: An American Icon Heads For Greener (Tax) Pastures

Pfizer and Allergan will combine in a deal valuing Allergan at $160bn and representing the largest corporate inversion ever. It is also the largest merger in the history of health care.

Pfizer Inc. will merge with Allergan PLC in a deal valued at $160bn, representing the largest health care merger ever, the companies announced Nov. 23. The mega-deal will yield the largest drug company in the world with pro forma 2015 sales of roughly $64bn, and importantly it will position Pfizer to lower its tax rate by redomiciling to Dublin, Ireland, the main driver of the deal.

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