BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC acquired Alpha Therapeutic Corporation (assets) for $71M, a transaction completed in 2003, structured as Acquisition of certain assets (most significantly the Aralast alpha-1 antitrypsin therapeutic), with immediate divestiture of certain acquired assets to third parties.
Alpha Therapeutic Corporation (assets) operates in BioScience, is based in United States. Baxter acquired certain assets from Alpha Therapeutic Corporation, most significantly Aralast, a plasma-derived alpha-1 antitrypsin (alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor) therapeutic. Baxter immediately divested certain of the acquired assets to third parties, retaining the Aralast therapy for its plasma-based BioScience portfolio.
Added the Aralast plasma-derived alpha-1 antitrypsin therapy to Baxter's plasma-based BioScience portfolio.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.