Teva to Buy Rimsa for About $2.3 Billion

  • Teva to fund Mexican takeover with cash, lines of credit
  • Rimsa to boost Teva earnings starting in first quarter 2017
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. agreed to buy Mexican drugmaker Representaciones e Investigaciones Médicas SA and some assets for $2.3 billion, furthering the Israeli company’s goal of expanding in emerging markets.

Rimsa, which had revenue of $227 million in 2014, will add to earnings from the first quarter of 2017, Petach Tikva, Israel-based Teva said in a statementBloomberg Terminal on Thursday. The transaction will be completed in the early part of next year.