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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS  
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
The Company is a multinational, specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of dermatology, neurology and branded generics, as well as medical devices.
On December 11, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation (“Medicis”) through a wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 2, 2012, with Medicis surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Medicis acquisition”).