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Shire To Buy Maker Of Synthetic Skin

by Michael McCoy
May 23, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 21

Shire has agreed to pay $750 million to acquire Advanced BioHealing, a maker of a bioengineered skin substitute used in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. ABH had sales last year of $146 million, which Shire figures is about 5% of the potential market for slow-healing diabetic foot ulcer treatments. ABH was on the verge of making an initial public offering of stock when the deal was announced. Shire says ABH will be the core of a new business in regenerative medicine.

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