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Mylan Buys Famy Care, Licenses Lung Drug

by Lisa M. Jarvis
February 9, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 6

Specialty drug company Mylan is shelling out $750 million to buy several female health care businesses from Mumbai-based Famy Care. Famy, a leader in generic oral contraceptives, has been a marketing partner of Mylan since 2008. In a separate deal, Mylan will pay Theravance Biopharma $15 mil­lion for access to TD-4208, a treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Theravance expects to begin Phase III studies on TD-4208, a once-daily nebulized muscarinic antagonist, this year. Mylan is also taking a $30 million stake in the biotech firm.

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