HIK Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc

LONDON, October 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikma Pharmaceuticals, the multinational pharmaceutical group, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire Baxter Healthcare Corporation's US generic injectables business for a cash consideration of $112 million.

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