Horizon Pharma to buy privately held Vidara for about $660 mln
March 19 (Reuters) - Horizon Pharma Inc (NasdaqGS: HZNP - news) said it would buy privately held specialty pharmaceutical company Vidara Therapeutics International Ltd through a reverse merger for stock and cash valued at about $660 million.
Horizon Pharma said the resulting company, Horizon Pharma Plc, would be 26 percent owned by shareholders of Vidara, which has operations in Ireland (Other OTC: IRLD - news) and the United States. (Reporting By Vrinda Manocha in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)