Cephalon to buy Zeneus Pharma for $360 million

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 7 2005 9:18 a.m. MST

Cephalon Inc., the maker of the sleep-disorder drug Provigil, has agreed to buy closely held Zeneus Pharma Ltd. of the United Kingdom for about $360 million in cash to expand sales of cancer drugs in Europe.

The acquisition of Oxford, England-based Zeneus Holdings, the parent company of Zeneus Pharma, probably will be completed in the first quarter of next year at the latest, Pennsylvania-based Cephalon said Tuesday.

Cephalon has a manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City.

The transaction would be Cephalon's third this year to bolster its offerings of cancer drugs.

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