Mallinckrodt (MNK) to Acquire Therakos in $1.33B Deal

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Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals To Expand Hospital Growth Platform With Acquisition Of Therakos, Inc.

August 10, 2015 5:00 AM EDT

CHESTERFIELD, United Kingdom and LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK), a leading specialty biopharmaceutical company, and The Gores Group, a global investment firm, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt will acquire Therakos, Inc. a leading immunotherapy company in a transaction valued at approximately $1.325 billion. Subject to customary closing conditions, the parties expect the transaction to be completed in the latter part of the third calendar quarter of 2015,... More