Actavis buying Durata Therapeutics for $616.4

Published October 6, 2014 12:34pm ET



CHICAGO (AP) — Specialty pharmaceutical company Actavis is buying Durata Therapeutics Inc. for about $616.4 million to help bolster its infectious disease portfolio.

One of Durata’s key products is Dalvance for injection, an IV antibiotic for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. Dalvance was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in May.

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