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Valeant Pharma strikes US$250M deal to buy Solta Medial

The head office and logo of Valeant Pharmaceutical. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

LAVAL, Que. – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (TSX:VRX) has a friendly deal to acquire Solta Medical, Inc. a California-based company that makes medical devices used in cosmetic surgery procedures.

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The Montreal-area company’s offer of US$2.92 per share for all of Solta’s stock is valued at US$250 million, a 40 per cent premium to Friday’s closing price on Nasdaq.

Solta’s board of directors supports offer, which requires that Valeant gets at least a majority of Solta’s shares.

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