Valeant to acquire Mexican generic company Tecnofarma

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has signed a definitive sale and purchase agreement to acquire Tecnofarma SA de CV, a privately held company located in Mexico for approximately one times sales. Tecnofarma is a producer of generic pharmaceuticals which has approximately $33 million in annual sales primarily to the government and private label markets - two segments that Valeant Mexico does not currently serve in any material way. In addition, Tecnofarma has a number of manufacturing sites including a new 160,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant that will allow Valeant Latin America to reduce its dependence upon third party manufacturers. Finally, Tecnofarma has eighty registered products that can be introduced into the branded generic market in Mexico.